Hyderabad: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday morning hinted at putting down his papers. This comes days after amid leadership during his recent to Delhi where he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and party national president JP Nadda. According to top sources in the BJP, Yediyurappa has made up his mind to resign from the post of Karnataka Chief Minister.
Yediyurappa will be completing his two years in the government on July 26. Speculations are rife about Yediyurappa having made up his mind to resign from the post of Chief Minister as a series of unpredictable political phenomena takes place at the helm.
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Sources said that after returning from New Delhi Yediyurappa has decided to put down his papers. In this backdrop, Chief Minister Yediyurappa had called for a BJP legislative party meeting on July 25. A banquet will also be arranged for all BJP MLAs and ministers at the time as he would like to thank the legislators and ministers who helped him in governing the state, sources say. It is also being said that CM Yediyurappa will tour his home district of Shivamogga and Shikaripura before resigning from his post as Chief Minister and that he has called a Cabinet meeting on the evening of 22 July, seeking to make some significant decisions during his tenure.
"The state government is completing two years on July 26. Then I am going to follow the instructions given by the High command. Party did not given any status to 75-year-olds, but PM Modi, Amit Shah and Nadda have allowed me up to 79 years, because of my work. My intention is to strengthen the party and bring it to power again. I have still made the same determination. The national leaders of our party will give the next indication. Based on that, I am going to start my work from July 26th. The pontiffs have come and blessed. I will never forget their love. No one found such support. With the blessings of all of them, I will work on the basis of which decision will be taken in the future. All pontiffs and activists should cooperate," CM Yediyurappa said, while interacting with reporters after participating in Dhanwantari Yaga.
