Bangalore/New Delhi:  Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa was today summoned to New Delhi by BJP leadership after the revolt against him by party dissidents demanding his removal showed no signs of dying down.

Yeddyurappa said he was leaving for the national Capital Wednesday evening, as the dissidents led by the Reddy brothers -- his ministerial colleagues -- brushed aside BJP President Rajnath Singh's assertion that he will continue as Chief Minister prolonging the crisis.

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"I will go to New Delhi tomorrow evening. I just now spoke to (senior party leader) Venkaiah Naidu. He told me about so many developments in Delhi. I will go and discuss it with national leaders", he told reporters in Bangalore.

Asked if he was ready for a "compromise formula", he merely said he would discuss with the party's central leadership and "follow their advice".

Yeddyurappa however replied in the affirmative when asked if he was willing to meet the rebels more than half the way.

Continuing their campaign for Yeddyurappa's removal, the dissidents also pressed for some other demands.

Janardhan Reddy in Delhi to press for Yeddyurrapa's exit

"In the interest of BJP and the workers in Karnataka, we need a very good leadership in the state. Whatever my stand is, I am not not changing," Tourism Minister Janardhana Reddy, one of the Reddy brothers spearheading dissidence, told reporters in Delhi after meeting senior leader Sushma Swaraj.

In Bangalore, his brother and Revenue Minister Karunakara Reddy, described as "creation" of the media that Yeddyurappa would continue.

Janardhana Reddy, who met Swaraj again in the evening, said he would not not return to Bangalore till the demand for removal of Yeddyurappa was met. He said the dissidents would not go back on their demand.

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