New Delhi: Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur has sent a report to the President on the political situation and has advised against revoking President’s rule in the state for now.
Thakur, in a detailed report on Wednesday night, advised the Centre to take a decision after studying the situation carefully, sources in Raj Bhavan told CNN-IBN.
The Union Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs will meet on Thursday to discuss the political situation in Karnataka. The BJP has already rejected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s request to give Thakur "reasonable time" to decide on the party's claim to form a new coalition government with the JD(S).
The party has said if Thakur didn’t invite its leader B S Yediyurappa to form the government it would take 129 supporting MLAs to the President Pratibha Patil in Delhi on Thursday.
PTI reports Thakur, in his report to the President, has referred to the petitions received by him from political leaders since October 7, the day BJP withdrew support to the JD(S)-led government.
He has also mentioned the requests made by political leaders, including JD(S) chief H D Devegowda and the Congress, to dissolve the Assembly after the coalition government resigned.
Thakur has annexed copies of advertisements by BJP and JD(S), after they ended their partnership and accused each other of betrayal.
The JD(S)/BJP coalition had split—only to come together now— when JD(S) chief minister H D Kumaraswamy refused to give up the post for the BJP after 20 months in accordance with the agreement between the two parties. The state is now under President's rule and the assembly has been kept in limbo.
Kumaraswamy and his father, Deve Gowda, changed their stand on Saturday and extended support to a Yeddyurappa-led government, after refusing to do so for three weeks.
The two parties staked claim to form government the same day, and Monday presented 120 supporting legislators to Thakur to establish their majority in the 225-member assembly.
(With IANS)
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