<p>In a breakfast meeting convened by former Prime Minister, Left leaders said they had no objection to the BJP continuing in power in Karnataka but wanted the Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and speaker K G Bopaiah to quit in the light of the Supreme Court verdict.<br />However when asked whether the parties backed the demand for the imposition of President’s rule in Karnataka, CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan said “let both resign first , after that we shall sit and discuss rest of the issue. “If the BJP wants to continue with the government, let them elect a new speaker, new CM. We have no objection to that. But these two gentlemen have no right to continue after SC judgement. A clear indictment is there," Bardhan said.</p>.<p><br />The meeting was attended by former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat, CPM Politburo member Sitaram Yechury, Bardhan, CPI Rajya Sabha member D Raja, RLD chief Ajit Singh, Forward Bloc leader Debabrata Biswas and JD(S) leader Kunwar Danish Ali.</p>
<p>In a breakfast meeting convened by former Prime Minister, Left leaders said they had no objection to the BJP continuing in power in Karnataka but wanted the Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and speaker K G Bopaiah to quit in the light of the Supreme Court verdict.<br />However when asked whether the parties backed the demand for the imposition of President’s rule in Karnataka, CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan said “let both resign first , after that we shall sit and discuss rest of the issue. “If the BJP wants to continue with the government, let them elect a new speaker, new CM. We have no objection to that. But these two gentlemen have no right to continue after SC judgement. A clear indictment is there," Bardhan said.</p>.<p><br />The meeting was attended by former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat, CPM Politburo member Sitaram Yechury, Bardhan, CPI Rajya Sabha member D Raja, RLD chief Ajit Singh, Forward Bloc leader Debabrata Biswas and JD(S) leader Kunwar Danish Ali.</p>