A senior party leader said in New Delhi that the BJP would take a final call after assessing the situation. A second senior leader said in Bengaluru that the party may wait for speaker KR Ramesh Kumar’s final decision on the rebel lawmakers. “We will time our move according to our convenience.”In Bengaluru, state BJP chief and former three-time chief minister BS Yeddyurappa made it clear that they were waiting for the central unit to greenlight any move to stake claim. “There is a technical difficulty in staking a claim at this moment,” this senior BJP MLA said on condition of anonymity. Vishwanath said the rebels would take up any delay in acceptance of resignations by the speaker with the Supreme Court.

Source: Hindustan Times July 24, 2019 18:00 UTC