President's rule again in Karnataka
New
Delhi,
Nov
20:
The
Union
Cabinet
today
decided
to
impose
President's
rule
in
Karnataka
and
also
placed
the
State
Assembly
under
suspended
animation.
The
decision
was
taken
at
the
Cabinet
meeting
held
this
morning
at
the
residence
of
Prime
Minister
Manmohan
Singh
to
discuss
Karnataka
situation.
The
Cabinet
reportedly
accepted
Karanataka
Governor
Rameshwar
Thakur
suggestions
for
President"s
rule,
as
there
was
no
possibility
of
any
alternative
government.
The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) met late last night where Manmohan Singh considered Thakur"s report, but took no decision. The Governor had sent his report to the Cabinet soon after Yeddyurappa resigned from the post of chief minister, as he lacked the requisite numbers on the floor of the House.
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Yedyurappa
yesterday
said
he
was
'cheated'
by
the
JDS
leadership,
not
once
but
twice.
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
(BJP)
president
Rajnath
Singh
termed
the
Janata
Dal-Secular
(JD-S)
decision
as
a
'betrayal',
and
said
that
it
was
former
Karnataka
Chief
Minister
H
D
Kumaraswamy
who
decided
to
give
them
an
'unconditional'
support
for
forming
the
next
government
in
the
State
after
President's
rule
was
invoked
in
the
State.
A shocked BJP in Delhi has given indication that the party is ready to face mid-term polls in the State, and would try to highlight the twice betrayal by the JD (S). This is the second time since October the JD (S) has pulled the rug under the feats of the BJP.
A month ago, on October 7, the BJP had to withdraw its support from the coalition after the JD (S) failed to live up with its promise to hand over the power to Yeddyurappa as per the agreement reached between the two-parties twenty months ago. With no party ready to form the government in the State, Centre rule was imposed on Thakur's recommendation.
However, the BJP-JD (S) short lived 'divorce' came to an end within a fortnight, after JD (S) leader H D Kumaraswamy, gave a letter to the Governor confirming his party's unconditional' support to the BJP. This led the BJP, close on leading a South Indian State for the first time, to demand revoking of the President's rule in the State.
Though the Governor was not convinced about the stability of the next BJP-JD (S) coalition, the Centre's rule was revoked paving the way for Yeddyurappa to form the next government in the State.
In the present State Assembly, the BJP has the highest number of legislators with 79 MLAs, followed by the Congress with 65 MLAs, which excludes the eight other members led by former Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who broke away from the JD (S) to join the Congress.
Kumaraswamy led JD (S) has officially 57 members in the legislature, but its strength is down to 48 after Siddaramaiah's defection. The smaller parties and independents only add to 17 in the 224-member Assembly.
But after JD (S) supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda announced opposing the government in the floor test by alleging that many things were going on
Yeddyurappa's mind, it became clear that the BJP was again taken for a ride by the JD (S). The BJP did not heed to the JD (S) demand of signing the 12-point MoU that would have led to the former parting away from the crucial portfolios in the next cabinet.
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