Bengaluru: After failing to achieve the magic figure of 111, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY), in a dramatic move, resigned before the Supreme Court-ordered trust motion on the floor of the Assembly a little after 4 pm yesterday.
Yeddyurappa and other BJP leaders who, until yesterday morning, exuded confidence of winning, was outsmarted by the Congress-JD(S) combine that succeeded in keeping its flocks together while a string of sting videos, allegedly of BJP’s attempts to bribe Opposition Legislators, clouded the social networking space over the past two days. The 75-year-old, who took oath as the CM for a third stint on Thursday, delivered an emotionally charged speech, reiterating his commitment to work for the farmer, downtrodden and backward classes, before announcing his resignation, spelling an end to the three-day-old BJP Government in the State.
