The crisis in Karnataka BJP deepened on Sunday with rebel faction led by B S Yeddyurappa setting a July 5 deadline for replacing the Chief Minister D V Sadanand Gowda with their nominee Jagdish Shettar. Talking to reporters in Bangaluru, Karnataka Minister Raju Gowda said that they will wait till July 5 and if their demands are not addressed, the High Command will be responsible for the consequences. Nine Ministers, loyal to the former Chief Minister Yeddyurappa, had submitted their resignations on last Friday.

AIR Correspondent reports that Chief Minister Sadanand Gowda is likely to visit Delhi today to meet Central leadership of the Party in a bid to resolve the crisis. Before leaving for New Delhi on Sunday, Party General Secretary In-Charge of Karnataka Affairs, Dharmendra Pradhan reiterated that the crisis will be resolved at the earliest.

The ongoing faction feud in Karnataka BJP has deepened with Yeddyurappa camp setting July 5 deadline to address their demand for leadership change in the state. The BJP Member of Parliament Suresh Angadi declared this to media persons after a meeting of MPs and MLAs of the Yeddyurappa camp held at minister Jagadish Shettar’s residence on Sunday. He also announced that the Central leadership will be responsible for developments in the State unit after July 5 if it does not accept their demand. Their demand is to replace Chief Minister Sadanand Gowda with Jagadish Shetter. On the other side, Minister Balachandra Jarkiholi met Sadananda Gowda and asked him not to give in to Yeddyurappa’s pressure. A group of party MLAs led by Jarkiholi has already declared that it would dislodge the government if Gowda is removed. Five independent MLAs too met Gowda and pledged their support to him. The chief minister, who is scheduled to visit Delhi this afternoon to attend the wedding reception of Party Chief Nitin Gadkari’s son, is also likely to hold talks with party leaders on the political crisis back home.