NEW DELHI: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is on his way out. The decision to this effect was made at the meeting held at the residence of NDA Working Chairman L K Advani on Monday itself, where Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj, BJP president Nitin Gadkari and Karnataka BJP president K S Eswarappa were present. At the meeting, all the leaders were of the view that given the seriousness of the indictment of Yeddyurappa by Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde, his position has become untenable and he can no longer continue in office.It is learnt that only after the meeting with Advani and Sushma Swaraj that Gadkari held a press conference at the party headquarters asking for the resignation of Prime Minister and Chidambaram and even went ahead to disclose that the party will decide on Yeddyurappa’s fate after the submission of the report. Gadkari was confident that Yeddyurappa will abide by the decision of the party high command.According to sources, Yeddyurappa’s ouster came up for discussion at the NDA meeting on Tuesday, where BJP allies, including NDA convenor Sharad Yadav, was assured that an appropriate decision would be taken against Yeddyurappa. Ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament, the NDA leaders’ meeting decided on their strategy to take the Congress-led UPA government head-on, particularly when former telecom minister A Raja has named both the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for being in the loop on the irregularities committed by him in the 2G scam. Talking to Express, Sharad Yadav said, “Chidambaram has no right to continue in office after revelations made by A Raja and morally even the Prime Minister should take his own decision.” He said the NDA would raise the issue in a big way in the upcoming monsoon session.
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