Bangalore: Jockeying for a suitable position in the Bhartiya Janata Party, an unrelenting former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa will meet the party's central leadership in Delhi with a list of signatures of Members of Legislative Assembly loyal to him to press for his demand.

Sources close to Yeddyurappa, said the Lingayat leader was expected to meet Bhartiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari and press for deputing a team of central leaders to Bangalore to convene the legislature party meeting to decide the leadership issue.

Yeddyurappa, who left for Delhi today, had earlier set January 14 and January 30 as deadlines for the party to take a decision on his demand for either re-installing him as chief minister or appointing him as state party chief.

He later shifted the deadline to February 10.

Yeddyurappa's action comes against the backdrop of counselling by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leaders at Hubli last week asking him to wait for some more time and also advice by top Bhartiya Janata Party leadership to come clean from the corruption cases he faces.

The Bhartiya Janata Party high command had earlier told Yeddyurappa to keep cool till the conclusion of assemby elections in five states.

According to Bhartiya Janata Party sources, the party high command is unlikely to take note of Yeddyurappa's deadline.

Yeddyurappa loyalists, who embarked upon a signature campaign yesterday, were seen busy inside the state assembly securing signatures from Members of LegislativeAssembly.

In the light of fresh developments, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda called on state unit Bhartiya Jjanata Party chief K S Eswarappa to his official residence 'Anugraha' and discussed the political situation.

A lokayukta court will pronounce its order tomorrow on whether to issue summons to Yeddyurappa in one of the graft cases filed against him.

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