BJP leaders to meet Prez, want Bhardwaj out

BJP leaders to meet Prez, want Bhardwaj out
PTI
NEW DELHI, JAN 23
BJP leaders will meet President Pratibha Patil tomorrow seeking the removal of Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj even as a defiant Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa brought his battle to the capital today accusing him of trying to fulfill his individual political ambitions.
On a day’s visit, Yeddyurappa met senior leaders L K Advani and Arun Jaitley to chalk out a strategy to deal with the political situation arising out of Governor’s sanction to prosecute him for his alleged involvement in land scams.
“Tomorrow at 11.45, all our MPs and Rajya Sabha members alongwith our all India leaders are going to meet Rashtraptiji”, he told reporters before flying back to Bangalore in the night.
Party sources said Rajya Sabha Opposition leader Arun Jaitley will lead the delegation of MPs to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Yeddyurappa’s meeting with the top BJP leaders came a day after party chief Nitin Gadkari, who is currently visiting China, said that Yeddyurappa’s decision of denotifying land in favour of his son was “immoral” and “not proper.”
Asked about his reaction to Gadkari’s remark, the chief minister said he would “discuss” the issue with Gadkari and added, “I don’t want to comment on anything stated by our all India party president.”
The strategy is to prolong the legal process against the chief minister to buy time while upping the ante against the Governor seeking his recall.
, party sources said.
The Chief Minister said he would not file a case in High Court questioning the Governor’s decision to give sanction for his prosecution.
“I am not going to approach the High Court”, said Yeddyurappa, who is learnt to have discussed the matter with legal luminaries in the national capital.