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The Bharatiya Janata Party has set yet another deadline, and this time they have given the Union government five days time to recall Karnataka Governor H R Bharadwaj.
Launching a state-wide campaign against the Governor, the BJP have termed it as 'Governor hatao, Karnataka bachao.'
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday launched the agitation at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Bengaluru. He said that the Governor ought to have decided on convening a session of the Karnataka legislative assembly by 5 pm on Thursday.
However, the Governor remained non-committal and stated that he would act only once he gets a response from President Pratibha Patil on his report recommending President's rule in Karnataka.
The BJP has now constituted two teams to take forward this protest. The protest demanding the recall of the Governor will take place in 11 districts of the state.
The two teams have been constituted under the leadership of B S Yeddyurappa and state BJP chief K S Eshwarappa.
While Yeddyurappa will tour Raichur, Tumkur, Mangalore, and Kolar; Eshwarappa will tour Mysore, Chitradurga, Bellary, Koppal, Bidar and Gulbarga.
During the agitation, the BJP said that the Governor had triggered an unwanted political crisis in the state. "His acts were unconstitutional," the BJP also alleged.
"He has not been acting on his own. His script is written in New Delhi and also has the blessings of the Janata Dal-Secular," the BJP further alleged.
Meanwhile, the Congress members from Karnataka will be meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and will submit a memorandum seeking implementation of Governor Bharadwaj's report.