Will it be a setback for BJP’s grandstanding?

The latest speak about BJP’s Karnataka Chief Minister B.S.Yeddyurappa refusing to kowtow to the central leadership’s inclination for him to quit. In New Delhi, where he landed for consultations and meetings rather late, he made it clear that he would not resign over the land scam imbroglio.

He also said that no one had told him to call it a day. It was at a time when the BJP wanted to take the moral high ground in Parliament over its stance on the 2 G spectrum allocation scandal rocking Parliament and tweaking the ears of the Congress Party for its inaction, not to mention the Supreme Court’s demand for an affidavit regarding the Prime Minister’s alleged procrastination. The PMO has denied any instance of inaction, all the same the government was put at unease.

Now the BJP should be in trouble if Yeddyurappa finally refuses to fall in line. Usually, in such political situations, the people concerned take a so-called brave stand to strike some sort of a rapprochement regarding successors and a quiet exit, without much encumbrances falling on them subsequently.

Let us see whether Yeddy’s would also be such a game.