Bangalore: BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa, who resigned as Chief Minister on November 19, today led his party workers in staging a protest here demanding dissolution of the state assembly and holding of fresh polls.

Flaying the "betrayal" by the JDS, Yeddyurappa said "while BJP gave full-fledged support to the party for 20 months of JDS-led coalition, they (JDS) went back on their promise and never gave us any support".

"Infact, H D Kumaraswamy became the Chief Minister because of BJP and not because of H D Devegowda," he asserted.

Taking a swipe at Kumaraswamy and terming the JDS as "power hungry", Yeddyurappa said "being a farmer's son, Kumaraswamy never asked for agriculture, irrigation or agriculture marketing but insisted on lucrative portfolios of mines and geology and urban development, which reveals his thinking."

"The JDS has ditched us and this will be conveyed amply during our tour of six districts from November 26," he said, adding the leaders will be visiting Mandya, Mysore, Kodagu, Hassan, Tumkur and Kolar and make the people aware of the "actual truth".

"Our main demand now is that the house be dissolved and fresh elections be held in the state," Yeddyurappa said. The other leaders who spoke included Katta Subramanya Naidu and C T Ravi.

Source : PTI