CHIEF OF INDIA'S SOUTHERN KARNATAKA STATE ADMITS OF MAKING MISTAKES TO RETAIN POWER

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Chief of India's southern Karnataka state admits to making mistakes of retaining power.

B S Yeddyurappa, chief of India's southern Karnataka state admits that the recent compromises, which he made to stay in power, were not good.

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BANGALORE, KARNATAKA, INDIA (DECEMBER 28, 2009) (ANI-ACCESS ALL)

1. SUPPORTERS GARLANDING B S YEDDYURAPPA, CHIEF OF INDIA'S SOUTHERN KARNATAKA STATE

2. A WOMAN PRESENTING A SHAWL TO YEDDYURAPPA

3. YEDDYURAPPA

4. YEDDYURAPPA SITTING ON DAIS WITH OTHERS

5. YEDDYURAPPA LIGHTING A LAMP

6. YEDDYURAPPA LAYING FLOWERS ON A PORTRAIT

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Kannada) B S YEDDYURAPPA, CHIEF OF INDIA'S SOUTHERN KARNATAKA STATE, SAYING: "To stay in power I am making some mistakes. I feel that to bring an end to such mistakes and work for the building of the state as dreamt by seniors, accordingly I will bring changes into my style of administration. I do not want to continue in power by harming the faith of the people of the state."

9. LEADERS SITTING

STORY: B S Yeddyurappa, chief of India's southern Karnataka state admitted on Monday (December 28) that the recent compromises, which he made to stay in power were not good for the future of the state.

He said that he would bring changes in his style of administration.

Yeddyurappa also said that he do not want to stay in power if people of the state were not happy with his governance.

"To stay in power I am making some mistakes. I feel that to bring an end to such mistakes and work for the building of the state as dreamt by seniors, accordingly I will bring changes into my style of administration. I do not want to continue in power by harming the faith of the people of the state," Yeddyurappa told a gathering at a function in state capital Bangalore city.

Earlier last week, Yeddyurappa inducted M P Renukacharya, who is facing several charges, to his cabinet.

Most of the senior MLAs and party leaders including state president Sadananda Gowda openly expressed their unhappiness over this decision.

The crisis in the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) precipitated as a section of the cabinet led by provincial Tourism Minister G. Janardhana Reddy and his elder brother, Revenue Minister G. Karunakara Reddy questioned the leadership of state chief B S Yeddyurappa.

The crisis was blown over with the intervention of the party's federal leadership.