Cornered by a disgruntled B S Yeddyurappa, the BJP leadership today got Sadananda Gowda to resign as Karnataka Chief Minister to be replaced by Jagadish Shettar, in the second change of CM in 11 months.
The BJP legislature party will meet on Tuesday to elect 56-year-old Shettar, a Lingayat, as its leader. He is expected to be sworn-in as Chief Minister on July 11.
–PTi