BJP Govt collapses, Governor recommends President rule
Bangalore (PTI): The first BJP government in the South collapsed on Monday in Karnataka after the saffron party's ally JD(S) dramatically decided to vote against Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the confidence motion in the state assembly leading to the Governor to recommend President's rule.
Even after JD(S) Legislature party decided to vote against his government, Yeddyurappa went ahead to face the confidence vote but resigned minutes before the voting took place.
After the collapse of the government, JDS leader and former Prime Minister H D Devegowda said Yeddyurappa does not want to agree to the 12-point MoU mooted by JDS to share power.
The crisis came to the fore as BJP refused to accept JDS demands to sign a power-sharing deal alloting plum ministerial portfolios and stuck its stand till the end.
JDS decided to vote against the trust vote "because Yeddyurappaji wants to take BJP leader B Sriramulu, who had filed a criminal case former Chief Minister and JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy, back into the cabinet", Devegowda, who left for New Delhi this afternoon, said.
Yeddyurappa, sworn in Chief Minister on November 12, announced his decision to quit in the House on Monday afternoon and submited his resignation to Governor Rameshwar Thakur.
Thakur accepted the resignation of Yeddyurappa and recommended to the Centre imposition of President's rule in the state, according to Raj Bhavan sources.
