The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : BJP weighing its options

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BJP weighing its options

Special Correspondent

BANGALORE: Getting ready to face any eventuality, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State unit is examining the possibility of collecting resignation letters of its ministers on October 1, at a meeting of party ministers to be held on that day.

These resignation letters would be forwarded to Chief Minster H.D. Kumarasway on October 2 after 6 p.m., if there is no clear word by then from the Janata Dal (Secular) on the transfer of power, sources in the BJP told The Hindu. As per the power-sharing pact between the ruling coalition partners, the JD(S) is supposed to hand over the chief minister’s post to the BJP on October 3.

However, the possibility of the party seeking the resignation of its ministers would depend on the developments in the next couple of days and the response of the JD(S) towards transfer of power, sources said. They also said that the party was not interested in precipitating the issue and hence the resignation weapon would be tried out only as a last resort, if things went against the party.

Confident

The BJP leaders are still confident that the transfer of power will take place. They claim that the JD(S) is giving anxious moments only to ensure that it would not lose its dominance after the transfer of power. The party would decide in a couple of days the action to be taken on the episode of Minister B. Sriramulu charging Mr. Kumaraswamy with hatching a conspiracy to murder him.

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