Karnataka crisis deepens; Yeddyurappa camp sets July 5 deadline to remove Gowda

Two days after nine ministers, loyal to him, quit the Karnataka cabinet, former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa has further upped the ante against Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, in a power struggle that is now becoming the Bharatiya Janata Party's biggest nightmare. Mr Yeddyurappa's camp has set a deadline of July 5 to remove Mr Gowda and replace him with Jagadish Shettar, the Rural and Panchayati Raj Minister and Mr Yeddyurappa's preferred choice.