Yeddy defiant, will Karnataka go the UP way for BJP?

 As the Lokayukta of Karnataka Justice Santosh Hegde submits his report on illegal mining today, Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa remains defiant and refuses to quit. He has told the media that he has the support of his MLAs, MPs and ministers and sees no reason for his exit. For the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which has succeeded in cornering the Congress party led UPA at the national level, Yeddyurappa’s peccadilloes continue to haunt the party and weaken its campaign against corruption. With the monsoon session of Parliament starting on August 1, the national leadership of the BJP is in a mood to dump Yeddyurappa.