In a bid to save his government from being dismissed by the Governor HR Bharadwaj who had recommended imposition of President’s rule in the state, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa today paraded 121 Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs before President Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi this evening to prove he commands majority in the assembly.

Accompanied by senior BJP leaders, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu, the beleaguered chief minister took all his supporting MLAs to the Rashtrapathi Bhavan and paraded the MLAs before the President.

The parade took place at exactly 6 PM and staff of the President counted the MLAs and later reported the number to the President Pratibha Patil. After the parade of MLAs, Chief Minister Yeddyurappa asked the President not to accept the recommendations of the Governor who he said was trying to topple his government.

The CM told journalists later that he proved to the president that he carried the support of 121 MLAs in the assembly.

 

Meanwhile, the BJP has intensified its onslaught against the Governor demanding the Centre to recall him. Thousands of BJP workers today held protest demonstrations against the Governor in Bangalore.