Sadananda to succeed Yeddy as Karnataka Chief Minister
Bangalore, Aug 3 - Lok
Sabha member D V Sadananda Gowda will be the new Chief Minister of
Karnataka,with his election today as leader of the BJP legislature party
in
secret ballot, in a victory to the B S Yeddyurappa camp. The exact
number of votes polled by the rival candidates was not immediately
available. 58-year-old Gowda beat Jagadish Shettar who was propped up by the rival camp
led by BJP National General Secretary H N Ananth Kumar in a straight contest
after the party central leaders failed to evolve a consensus on the successor issue.