State BJP President K S Eshwarappa asserted there would be

no leadership change and expressed confidence of resolving the crisis. The nine Ministers who quit stuck to their stand on Gowda's removal and sought to put him on the mat accusing him of running the administration on the diktat of the opposition JDS and trying to cut Yeddyurappa to size. "The Chief Minister is mostly running the administration on the diktat of the JDS...," C M Udasi, one of the nine Ministers, told reporters. Udasi said there was trust deficit between the Ministers and the Chief Minister and their relations had strained in the last three-four months. The Chief Minister also sought to demonstrate his strength as he came to the party office to meet Pradhan with some 10 Ministers and a dozen MLAs, who opposed any change in his leadership. "We have faced such crisis in the past and we have resolved them successfully. This time also, I am confident we will resolve the crisis", Gowda said. PTI RS MSR VS RA