K'taka ministers hit the streets against Guv order
January 22, 2011 13:10 IST
A group of ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka took out a protest in front of the Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru on Saturday expressing displeasure over Governor HR Bhardwaj's order sanctioning the prosecution of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in a land scam.
The ministers met Governor Bharadwaj and told him that he should have at least had the courtesy to send the Chief Minister a copy of the order.
Governor Bhardwaj's order was delivered later in the morning to the Chief Minister's office. The governor had on Friday sanctioned Yeddyurappa's prosecution following a petition by two advocates.
Addressing the protesting BJP members, senior leader H N Ananth Kumar said the party would request President Pratibha Patil to recall the Governor.
In Karnataka, the Congress and the JDS lost the Assembly polls in 2008, Lok Sabha elections in 2009 and zilla and taluk panchayat polls last year, he noted.
"They (Congress and JDS) don't have people's mandate. They are indulging in back-door politics," Ananth Kumar said.
Accusing the Governor of hatching a "conspiracy", he asserted that the Yeddyurappa government would complete its five-year term
BJP members raised slogans like "get out, get out Governor" and "Raj Bhavan: Extension of 10, Janpath".
Vicky Nanjappa
