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Governor asked me to go in for snap poll: Yeddyurappa

Special Correspondent

‘He aspired to rule the State for three months'

‘There is no truth in the complaint made by the advocates'
Yeddyurappa in no hurry to move the High Court

BANGALORE: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyyurappa on Monday disclosed that Governor H.R. Bhardwaj had asked him on several occasions to go in for a snap poll to the Legislative Assembly and get a clear majority, since he enjoyed overwhelming support of the people of the State.

Speaking to presspersons at his Home Office Krishna, where he met investors, Mr. Yeddyurappa said that the Governor repeated it during a meeting at the Raj Bhavan. He said Mr. Bhardwaj reasoned that the Bharatiya Janata Party had won zilla and taluks panchayat elections exhibiting overwhelming support of the people and this was enough for him to get 140 to 150 seats in the Assembly elections.

Mr. Yeddyurappa said that the Governor had even sympathised with him saying that he had been undergoing difficult times and since the political situation in the State was favourable to him, it is better he went for snap polls. The Chief Minister said he rejected the offer saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party was a national party and decisions could not be taken like that, and moreover development works were going on in the State.

The Chief Minister alleged that the Governor, perhaps had an ambition to sit in Vidhana Soudha and rule the State at least for three months during the interregnum. Asked about the demand for compensating the loss of properties and revenue to the tune of Rs. 2,000 crore, Mr. Yeddyurappa shot back and said that it was the Governor who should pay it because the bandh was observed to protest against his action.

He said that there was no truth in the complaint made by the advocates. He demanded Mr. Bhardwaj to withdraw his ‘thief was complaining to the police' innuendo and apologise for insulting the Council of Ministers. He said that he was not in a hurry to move the Karnataka High Court and an appropriate decision would be taken.

Referring to the attack on Taj Hotel in Mumbai, Mr. Yeddyurappa said that Ajmal Kasab, who massacred innocent people, which was telecast live gets years to explain, but not a Chief Minister of a State who was elected by the people.

He did not get a copy of the order passed by the Governor either, Mr. Yeddyurappa said.

Admitting that he allotted sites/land for his sons and other relatives for doing business, he said that his predecessors had also allotted sites to their relatives and one leader allotted 49 sites by the Mysore Urban Development Authority in one go to his relatives and hundreds of acres were denotified. “Should not the Chief Minister's children engage in business?” he asked.

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