Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (DC)

Bengaluru, May 28: The Karnataka shutdown call given by BJP's B S Yeddyurappa has received a mixed response across the state on Monday, May 28.

In Mysuru the BJP led by MP Pratap Simha blocked the roads and stopped buses. Meanwhile, film theatre owners have supported the bandh call. No holiday has been declared for schools and colleges.

In some of the places BJP activists were seen forcibly closing the shops. They protested by setting tyres on fire in the middle of the road.

In places like Bellary, Sirsi, Tumakuru, Ramanagara, Karwar the bandh call has received mixed response.

Hosapete, Mangaluru, Chamarajanagar and other places have not been affected by bandh call and the movement of the vehicles is normal. In Jamkhandi the BJP has cancelled the bandh call following the sudden demise of Congress MLA Siddu Nyamgoud.

The Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP) called for a state-wide bandh in Karnataka on Monday on May 28, if Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy fails to waive off farmers loans.

Meanwhile, Kumaraswamy will meet Prime Modi Narendra Modi on Monday. The meeting will be held to seek co-operation from the Center in the development of the state.

The Congress-JDS alliance together with two independent candidates has 117 MLAs, six more than the majority required to form a government in the state. All the 117 MLAs had voted in Kumaraswamy's favour in the floor test on Friday. Congress MLA Siddu Nyamgoud died in a tragic accident on Monday morning.

The floor test was considered significant for the Congress-JDS alliance after the BJP decided not to go for floor test as it did not have the required number of members to establish its claim to run the government.

Yeddyurappa, who first took oath as chief minister, had opted to resign as the BJP was seven short of the simple majority mark of 111 in the 221-member assembly.