Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa this evening paraded MLAs supporting his government before President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at Rastrpati Bhawan in New Delhi. Yeddyurappa arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan along with 114 MLAs and five letters of support to prove his majority. It was claimed that one MLA was in hospital. BJP stalwarts Sushma Swaraj ,Arun Jaitley, M Venkaiah Nadu and scores of party supporters accompanied him.

Yeddyurappa had on Sunday shot off a protest letter to President , Prime Minister and Union home minister against the governor Bhardwaj’s move to recommend President’s rule in Karnataka.

The report from Bhardwaj allegedly recommending imposition of president’s rule in the state ,comes in the wake of Supreme Court reversing the Karnataka high court decision of disqualifying 11 BJP rebel MLAs and five independents ahead of the October 10, 2010 floor test in the assembly.

A rebellion by some lawmakers last year had reduced the Yeddyurappa ministry to a minority in the 225-member Assembly, leading Bhardwaj to order the chief minister to seek a trust vote.Bhardwaj ordered another trust vote, which Yeddyurappa claimed to have won on October 14 with 106 votes in favour and 100 against after the speaker disqualified the 11 MLAs. Of the 11 BJP rebels who had won back their membership, 10 again expressed their support to Yeddyurappa on Monday, while the 11th refused to do so.

The NDA has demanded recall of the governor for his so called unconstitutional activities. BJP has accused bharadwaj of destabilising a popular government.