Will stake claim to form govt in K'taka after consulting PM Modi, Shah: Yeddyurappa

BJP state President B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday said he will meet Governor Vajubhai Vala to stake his claim to form the government in Karnataka after consulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

BJP state President B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday said he will meet Governor Vajubhai Vala to stake his claim to form the government in Karnataka after consulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. "I will discuss with Prime Minister and Amit Shah ji, afterwards I will go and meet the Governor. We are going to have a legislature party meet now," Yeddyurappa told reporters here.

The 14-month-old Congress JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka fell earlier today after its defeat on the floor of the Assembly forcing Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to resign. Immediately after the defeat, Kumaraswamy rushed to Governor Vajubhai Vala and submitted his resignation.

The Governor accepted the resignation and asked him to continue as a caretaker Chief Minister till further developments take place. BJP workers started celebrating in the party's state office in Bengaluru after the defeat of the Kumaraswamy government in the Assembly.

Karnataka BJP MLA Renukacharya was also spotted dancing with supporters outside the Ramada Hotel in Bengaluru post his party's win. (ANI)

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