The Karnataka BJP is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to formally elect Jagadish Shettar as the new Chief Minister.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) high command has decided to replace Sadananda Gowda with BS Yeddyurappa loyalist Jagadish Shettar as the Karnataka Chief Minister. Sources say that the decision was taken at the BJP core group meeting on Saturday at party president Nitin Gadkari's house.
While 27 districts in the state are facing a rainfall deficit and farmers are worried, the state's Agriculture, Water and Rural Development Ministers have not taken corrective steps. In fact, what they are more bothered about is who should be sitting in the Chief Minister's Chair.
In another dramatic turn of events in Karnataka's political pendulum, former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's supporters withdrew their resignations after Arun Jaitley intervened and assured the rebel group that the party will soon resolve the crisis in the state.
Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda landed in Delhi on Sunday to hold a crisis meet with the BJP leadership after former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa raised the pitch of his revolt.
In Karnataka, the rift between Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda and his predecessor BS Yeddyurappa has widened.
Stung by BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa's criticism on his plans a foreign tour when Karnataka is facing a drought,Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda cancelled his April 16 trip and said he had acted on his 'inner voice'.
The 48-hour deadline set by BS Yeddyurappa to be reinstated as Karnataka Chief Minister ends on Tuesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will have to give its answer on whether they will reinstate him or continue with DV Sadananda Gowda.
Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, who turned 69 on Monday, expressed disappointment over not getting the chief minister's position back and said that he won't ask for any position in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from now.
Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda alongwith the state home and cabinet ministers visited BS Yeddyurappa on Sunday at Jayadeva Hospital and said Yeddyurappa is not keeping fine and is under observation.
Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa was rushed to the hospital late on Saturday night after he complained of chest pain. Yeddyurappa is undergoing treatment in the ICU of Jayadeva Hospital, doctors said.
BS Yeddyurappa backed candidate DV Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday won the secret ballot for the post of the Karnataka chief minister. Gowda won the secret ballot by 8 votes, BJP sources told CNN-IBN.
In an apparent bid to reject criticism that he wants to rule by proxy by installing D V Sadananda Gowda as his successor, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today asserted he did not want to become "a super CM".
Embattled Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa stepped down on Sunday, but the political drama in the state isn't over yet. Yeddyurappa has declared his successor, Sadananda Gowda, but he isn't the BJP high command's choice.