New Delhi: Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Monday evening recommended President’s rule in the state and asked Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to continue in office till a new government is sworn in.
BJP leader Yeddyurappa’s seven-day government collapsed earlier in the day after his coalition partner, the JD(S), withdrew support.
Yeddyurappa was the 19th Chief Minister of the state—and perhaps with the shortest term in office. UNI reports Yeddyurappa broke the record of Kadidal Manjappa, who was the Chief Minister of the erstwhile Mysore State for 73 days from August 19, 1956 to October 31, 1956.
The embarrassment of leading short-lived governments has haunted the BJP earlier. In 1996 level Atal Bihari Vajpayee quit as Prime Minister 13 days after forming a Government when he could not garner majority support in the Lok Sabha.
Yeddyurappa’s resignation would create more confusion in Karnataka, which has had three coalition governments in 41 months.
The state hasn’t had a stable government after the 2004 Assembly elections resulted in a three-way fractured verdict. The Congress and JD(S) united to form a coalition government.
Congress leader N Dharam Singh led the government for 20 months, but then JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy toppled him and became the Chief Minister by allying with BJP.
Yeddyurappa took oath November 12, and the BJP proclaimed the occasion as its first step to conquer in conquering the South.
That dream was ruined when Kumaraswamy issued a whip to party legislators not to vote for Yeddyurappa during the vote of confidence in the Assembly.
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