BJP stages anti- Governor protest in Karnataka

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Bangalore, May 21 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday intensified its agitation against Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj.
The agitation is a twin-pronged move with two teams of BJP leaders traversing through 11 districts for five days.
A team led by Yeddyurappa will tour Raichur (May 21), Mangalore (May 22), Tumkur (May 23), Kolar (May 24) and Bagalkot (May 25) as part of the campaign.
A team led by State unit President K S Eswarappa will carry on agitation in Mysore (May 21), Chitradurga and Bellary (May 22), Koppal (May 23), Gulbarga (May 24) and Bidar (May 25).
On Wednesday, Bhardwaj told Yeddyurappa that he expected the Centre's decision on his recommendation for imposition of President's Rule by Thursday.
Apparently awaiting the Centre's move, Bhardwaj asked Yeddyurappa to wait for a day or two for his decision on the state cabinet recommendation for convening the Assembly.
Yeddyurappa had on Sunday shot off a protest letter to President Pratiba Patil, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram against Governor Bhardwaj's move to recommend President's rule in Karnataka.
He appealed to them to prevent a constitutional crisis in Karnataka.
The report from Bhardwaj came in the wake of Supreme Court reversing the Karnataka high court decision disqualifying 11 BJP rebel MLAs and five independents ahead of the October 10, 2010 floor test in the assembly.
A rebellion by some lawmakers last year had reduced the Yeddyurappa ministry to a minority in the 225-member Assembly, leading Bhardwaj to order the Chief Minister to seek a trust vote.
Bhardwaj ordered another trust vote, which Yeddyurappa won on October 14 with 106 votes in favour and 100 against.
Of the 11 BJP rebels who had won back their membership, 10 again expressed their support to Yeddyurappa on Monday, while the 11th refused to do so.