Will complete five-year term, asserts Yeddyurappa

Bangalore, Jul 27 (PTI) Beleaguered south Indian state
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, facing indictment in
the illegal mining report by Lokayukta, Wednesday asserted his
government would complete its five-year term, and the question
of his successor does not arise now.
"Central leadership has not asked me to step down.
Only (HD) Deve Gowda, (H D) Kumaraswamy (JDS leaders) and
Siddaramaiah (Congress leader) and you people (media) are
asking", Yeddyurappa told reporters.
The Chief Minister said he is working for the
development of the state "day and night", and had also been
praised for fiscal management and then posed a question to the
media: "Are you happy or not ?".
He said he has not been summoned by BJP's (Bharatiya
Janata Party) central leadership but pointed out that as a
national party, he "talks to them daily". "Ours is not like
Deve Gowda's party".
Asked if he would dissolve the Assembly, the Chief
Minister said, "After two years (when the term of the
government ends)....we will go for elections (after two
years).
Asked if it would be amenable to him if the central
leadership asks him to name a successor, Yeddyurappa said: "So
far that question does not arise at all.Don't presume things".
The Chief Minister said once the Lokayukta submits the
report, he would hold consultations with Cabinet colleagues
and legal experts and take appropriate action.
Yeddyurappa, who returned from the temple town of
Tirupati, said he prayed for the welfare of the state.
Asked if he prayed for his "survival", he said he is
"100 per cent hopeful" that God will come to the help of those
who work for the welfare of the people.