Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa today said, he would prove majority on the floor of the assembly on October 12 as directed by the governor.
Talking to reporters after his brief meeting with governor H R Bharadwaj, he said, “The meeting with the governor was cordial. The state assembly will commence at 11 am on October 11. All MLAs who have gone out of Bangalore will return soon. I am confident I will be able to prove the majority on the floor of the house on October 12,” he said.
The governor had asked Yeddyurappa to prove majority on the floor of the legislature by October 12 after 19 members of the legislative assembly submitted a joint letter to him withdrawing their support to the first BJP government in south India.
Meanwhile, senior ministers in the state cabinet have offered to resign to save the government. They include excise minister M P Renukacharya, health minister B Sreeramulu, Revu Naik Belamagi, SA Ravindranath and Katta Subramanya Naidu, minister for IT, BT and housing. Renukacharya is spearheading the latest revolt against Yeddyurappa and has taken about 20 dissident legislators to Chennai for consultations.
Earlier, talking to reporters, Yeddyurappa alleged that the Janata Dal (S) president and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda’s family owned around 5,000 acres of land in benami names in and around Bangalore. “We will launch a campaign to expose the misdeeds of Gowda and his family members in phases with documentary proof,” he said.
Hitting back at the JD(S) for its barrage of charges against him on alleged denotification of land acquired by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), at a press conference, here, Yeddyurappa said, “Gowda and his family are a curse on the state. I will bring before the people the irregularities committed by them when they were in power.”
He released some documents in support of his charge that family members of Gowda had purchased land near the city. He charged the JDS of attempting to topple his government.
Yeddyurappa said that the party leaders were engaged in a ‘malicious campaign’ as they were unable to ‘digest’ his achievements. “They (JDS) cannot come to power on their own strength. They are trying to gain power through backdoor. They are under an illusion that they would return to power. People will teach them a lesson,” he said.
