Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa marked his third year in office with a meet the press programme where he once again walked a fine line between the warring Central leaders in his party, demonstrating once again why he has survived every crisis that has beset his government.

Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj and the man he has been trying to dislodge from office, Chief Minister B.S.Yeddyurappa were all smiles when they met face to face on Wednesday, with the governor procl

Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj and the man he has been trying to dislodge from office, chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, were all smiles when they met face to face on Wednesday, with the governor proclaiming that the CM and he were “friends” and even holding BSY’s hands at one point. But once the cameras were turned off, both men had a go at each other.

The BJP is not planning to conduct any internal probe on the allegations against chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, though it had promised to do so earlier.
This was confirmed by none other than the BJP Rajya Sabha MP, M. Rama Jois, who was to head the three-member-panel to look into the allegations.

Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa may have lost his voice as the pressure mounted to remove him from office, but he regained his clout on Monday after he persuaded the top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party that they could not be judge and jury before the facts had been verified.

The battle between Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and his detractors — within the BJP and in the Opposition — has shifted to the national capital with the chief minister reportedly rushing ministers close to him to New Delhi to make a spirited defence before the party’s central leaders.

Chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and BJP state unit president, K.S.

Karnataka’s BJP government found itself in a comfortable position after a state high court judge on Friday upheld the disqualification of 11 rebel MLAs.
Justice V.G. Sabhahit, to whom the matter was referred to after a split verdict by a division bench, said he concurred with Chief Justice J.S. Khehar, who had upheld Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.G. Bopaiah’s October 10 disqualification order.

In an unprecedented move, governor H.R. Bhardwaj on Tuesday asked chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to again prove his majority on October 14, holding that the trust vote held on Monday had been a “farce”.

Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.G.