INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Yeddyurappa quit as Karnataka Chief Minister in the assembly today, the Congress released two more audio tapes that it claimed proved that
Minister allegedly trying to persuade Congress lawmaker BC Patil to switch sides.One of the tapes has the voice of Mr Yeddyurappa, the
The other tape, said the party, has his son Vijayendra.In one of the tapes, the Congress claimed, Mr Yeddyurappa can be heard asking
lawmaker BC Patil to get off the bus taking Congress lawmakers out of Karnataka and support the BJP
The Congress alleges that Mr Yeddyurappa is heard offering him the position of a minister."Don't go to Kochi, come back
Come back, we'll make you a minister and help you in whatever way you want," the person who the Congress claims is Mr Yeddyurappa, can be
another audio tape that they claims shows Janardhan Reddy, the scam-tainted mining baron linked to the BJP, was offering money and posts to
Congress legislator from Raichur Rural seat for his support during the test of strength in the assembly."Janardhan Reddy clearly says he has
the backing of BJP president Amit Shah for doing horse-trading (sic)," the Congress alleged in a tweet after its leaders played out the clip
at a media briefing.Union Minister Prakash Javadekar rubbished the Congress charge
"There is a reference to Amit Shah in it Amit Shah doesn't do this Several such lies have been exposed," the senior BJP leader, calling the
tape "false propaganda".According to the clip released by the Congress, a man, who was introduced as Janardhan Reddy, promises Congress
lawmaker Basangouda Daddal of a ministerial berth and more for his support.The Congress and Janata Dal Secular, which made a joint bid for
power after the BJP emerged as the single largest party in last week's Karnataka assembly elections, has been struggling to keep its flock
together after Governor Vajubhai Vala invited Mr Yeddyurappa to form the government.The Congress-JDS combine had initially sequestered the
lawmakers in Bengaluru hotel but packed them off to Telangana capital Hyderabad about 600 km away to insulate them from pressures from the
Later the Congress also asked its legislators to install a phone recording app so that they can record offers made by the BJP to them.
