Yeddyurappa rules out his resignation

Bangalore, July 25 (PTI) Embattled south Indian state
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa Monday returned here
from his holiday and ruled out his resignation in the wake of
the Lokayukta report indicting him on the illegal mining
issue.
"Opposition parties hoping that I would quit would be
disappointed," he said.
"Lokayukta so far officially has not submitted the
report to the Government. As soon as I receive the report from
Lokayukta, then I will be able to reply to all the queries",
he told reporters at the Bangalore Airport, on arrival from
Mauritius, where he was on a six-day holiday with his family.
"Till now, I have high respect for Lokayukta Santosh
Hegde. All of us are eagerly awaiting his report. The moment
we get the report, I will give the reaction of the Government
to the six crore people of Karnataka", Yeddyurappa said.
On demands for his resignation by opposition parties,
he said former Prime Minister and JDS supremo H D Devegowda
had said that if Yeddyurappa government is "allowed to
continue", they (JDS) "will be no more".
He said the opposition parties "don't want development
in Karnataka" and want his government to go at the earliest.
Yeddyurappa said Congress and JDS (Janata Dal-Secular)
leaders (looking forward for his resignation) would be
"disappointed". He said he would go around the State and
"speak to the people".
The Chief Minister is slated to address a formal press
conference at Vidhan Soudha, the State Secretariat, at 4.30
pm, where he said, he would talk about the "future plan".
Karnataka Ministers V S Acharya, V Somanna, Murugesh
Nirani and M P Renukacharya were among those who welcomed him
at the airport.