BANGALORE: A majority of BJPMLAs, including ministers, are not in favour of dissolving the assembly early.
"Governor H R Bhardwaj has said he would act even if a single MLA resigns. As of now, 12 MLAs' resignations have been accepted and two are pending with speaker K G Bopaiah. By moving a vote of confidence, the CM will expose the fence-sitters. Because they will be disqualified if they defy the whip,'' sources said.
The party has worked out various strategies to win the vote. "We have wooed four Congress MLAs to vote in our favour. Two or three BJP MLAs, including a minister from north Karnataka, are waiting to jump the ship. But their going does not matter to the party,'' a BJP insider said.
Despite all these strategies, it is learnt the BJP will not be perturbed if it loses the trust vote. "Yeddyurappa will be blamed for weakening the government . The party has better a chance if elections are announced at the earliest, whereas Yeddyurappa favours them in May for him to consolidate the KJP,'' the sources said.
Meanwhile, the BJP is keeping its fingers crossed over the dates for elections to 208 civic bodies. The legislature on Tuesday passed a bill that makes it compulsory for the State Election Commission (SEC) to announce the poll dates in concurrence with the government. If the assembly is dissolved, the SEC can go ahead with the polls.
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