<p>Yeddyurappa, in a letter to the Governor late in the evening, said: “It is unfortunate that being the Constitutional head of the State, a copy of the order passed was not handed over to me and the information on such an order was divulged to the media.”<br /><br />Soon after learning about the Governor’s order, a senior officer of the Chief Minister’s office was sent to Raj Bhavan to collect an order copy. But the Governor’s office refused to give a copy, the Chief Minister said in the letter.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa has again requested the Governor to provide him a copy of the order.<br />Earlier in the day, in a written statement, Yeddyurappa termed the Governor’s decision to given consent for prosecution as “arbitrary, partisan and unconstitutional”. He said the Governor took the decision even before a preliminary inquiry. <br /><br />Soon after TV channels flashed the news on Governor’s consent, BJP President K S Eshwarappa, several Cabinet ministers, rushed to the chief minister’s Race Course Road residence and an emergency meeting was held.<br /><br />BJP National General Secretary and in-charge of state affairs Dharmendra Pradhan, who was in Bangalore to attend the party’s core committee and office-bearers meeting, was also present.<br /><br />Political agenda<br /><br />Yeddyurappa in his statement alleged that the Governor was carrying his political agenda through his office. <br /><br />He has not sought any opinion from the council of ministers or the government on the complaint. <br /><br />Dharmendra Pradhan, in-charge of party affairs in the State, said the party will face the situation legally and politically. “There is no question of the Chief Minister resigning,” he said.<br /><br />Eshwarappa said the Governor since assuming charge in Karnataka, had been deliberately raising communal and corruption issues thereby giving a new lease of life for the Congress.</p>
<p>Yeddyurappa, in a letter to the Governor late in the evening, said: “It is unfortunate that being the Constitutional head of the State, a copy of the order passed was not handed over to me and the information on such an order was divulged to the media.”<br /><br />Soon after learning about the Governor’s order, a senior officer of the Chief Minister’s office was sent to Raj Bhavan to collect an order copy. But the Governor’s office refused to give a copy, the Chief Minister said in the letter.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa has again requested the Governor to provide him a copy of the order.<br />Earlier in the day, in a written statement, Yeddyurappa termed the Governor’s decision to given consent for prosecution as “arbitrary, partisan and unconstitutional”. He said the Governor took the decision even before a preliminary inquiry. <br /><br />Soon after TV channels flashed the news on Governor’s consent, BJP President K S Eshwarappa, several Cabinet ministers, rushed to the chief minister’s Race Course Road residence and an emergency meeting was held.<br /><br />BJP National General Secretary and in-charge of state affairs Dharmendra Pradhan, who was in Bangalore to attend the party’s core committee and office-bearers meeting, was also present.<br /><br />Political agenda<br /><br />Yeddyurappa in his statement alleged that the Governor was carrying his political agenda through his office. <br /><br />He has not sought any opinion from the council of ministers or the government on the complaint. <br /><br />Dharmendra Pradhan, in-charge of party affairs in the State, said the party will face the situation legally and politically. “There is no question of the Chief Minister resigning,” he said.<br /><br />Eshwarappa said the Governor since assuming charge in Karnataka, had been deliberately raising communal and corruption issues thereby giving a new lease of life for the Congress.</p>
