The drama in Karnataka is being curtailed right before the Parliament session with an interesting decision. BS Yeddyurappa quit as Karnataka chief minister on Sunday but despite all the speculation, no successor has been named.
Yeddyurappa continues to pressurise the BJP to name his man Sadanand Gowda as his successor. The bargaining is still on, a final decision is expected on Wednesday.
Yeddyurappa wants Gowda as CM
After three days of hard bargaining and a dramatic padayatra from his home to the Raj Bhavan, the six-time MLA from Shikaripura called it quits, but only after naming his choice for the next Chief Minister.
"Sadananda Gowda is my choice," Yeddyurappa said.
But this time, the BJP top brass is not in any mood to let Yeddyurappa dictate his own terms.
Former Cabinet Minister SA Ramdas said, "Opinion of each legislator has been taken and considered. We will collectively decide a new leader."
However, sources have said that BJP legislative members are likely to meet on Tuesday, Yeddyurappa candidate Sadananda Gowda is likely to be his successor.
So the question remains as to who will succeed Yeddyurappa. Talks continued between Yeddyurappa and the BJP top brass.
But whoever succeeds Yeddyurappa will have to project a clean image with the party getting hit with the Rs 12000 crore mining scam, just ahead of the Parliament session where it plans to corner the government over corruption.
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