A day after sanctioning prosecution of Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in alleged land scams, Governor H.R. Bhardwaj’s order on the issue was delivered this morning to the Chief Minister’s office. Mr. Yeddyurappa’s January 21 letter to Mr. Bhardwaj asking for a copy of the sanction order was received by Raj Bhavan at 11 PM, a communique said. An eight—member ministerial team had this morning staged a march to Raj Bhavan demanding that the Governor provide them a copy of the order according sanction for prosecuting Mr. Yeddyurappa. The Chief Minister had on Friday charged that the Governor had declined to furnish him a copy of the sanction order. Irked by the announcement on prosecution even before a copy of the order was given to him, Mr. Yeddyurappa had shot off a letter to Mr. Bhardwaj taking exception to his conduct. “It is very unfortunate that being a constitutional head of the state, a copy of the order passed by you was not handed over to me and the information of such an order was divulged to the press,” Mr. Yeddyurappa had said in his letter yesterday. “I have neither received the copy of the complaint petition, nor an opportunity to explain my point of view.” According to sources, angered over the denial, Mr. Yeddyurappa had planned to stage a dharna in front of the Raj Bhavan. However, later he dropped the plan and decided to write a protest letter to the Governor.
An all-out war between Governor HR Bharadwaj and the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yedyurappa has become ugly and is turning for the worst. The last straw was when late last night BJP declared a bandh that has turned the state of Karnataka burning. The bandh has disrupted normal life and with passengers stranded, this has become proof on how a political power-play can affect the lives of many innocents out there. Pro-BJP activists took the opportunity and used the occasion well in venting out their frustration at the Governor's decision to go-ahead with the prosecution of Yeddyurappa. 29 buses were burnt down in Bangalore, Hasan, Tumkur and Davanagere district showing that its public property that gets a beating when a bandh is declared. In Bangalore, Jayanagar, Electronic City and K R Puram saw incidents of bus and tyre burning and incidents of stone-pelting as well. City Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari has issued prohibitory orders (Sec 144) in Bangalore to ward off untoward incidents. Extra police personnel have been pressed to duty and more than thirty platoons of the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) and 18,000 policemen are put in place to tackle the volatile situation. Forces from the City Armed Reserve, District Armed reserve and the Rapid Action Force (RAF) are also in service. Schools and colleges have declared a holiday and many scheduled exams have been postponed due to the unpredictable nature of the bandh in Karnataka.Traffic to the the IT hub Electronic City has almost been suspended, as miscreants unleashed violence, burning tyres and effigies of the Governor. Many call the Governor, a mouth-piece of the Congress and his action a politically-motivated one. The BJP activists believe that the Congress party is out to seek revenge and break the BJP stronghold in the state. The Governor on the other hand is justifying his stand and has commented that he has acted within the constitutional framework. Hope that the political stalemate is resolved, if not for the smooth political functioning in the state at least for the innocent public who always remains at the receiving end whenever a bandh is declared.
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