Karnakata governor Vajubhai Vala should quit, says Sharad Pawar

MUMBAI: NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Friday that Karnakata governor Vajubhai Vala should resign after the three-dayold BS Yeddyurappa government collapsed. Pawar said Vala's actions had damaged democracy.

"I congratulate Congress and JD(S) MLAs for not falling prey to allurements. BJP should not have made haste to make Yeddyurappa chief minister when it did not have a (clear) majority," Pawar said. BJP's decision to make Yeddyurappa chief minister was a "blow to democracy", he said.

"The governor of Karnataka should keep the prestige of his post intact. He, too, has dealt a blow to the democracy, and therefore he should resign," Pawar said.