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Yeddyurappa smashes Naidus laptop, slaps minister

BANGALORE: Minutes after being relegated to the status of caretaker chief minister of Karnataka, B S Yeddyurappa (BSY) vented his anger at senior central BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu, who was trying to pacify him. BSY flew into a rage and grabbed Naidus laptop and smashed it on the floor on Sunday, according to party sources. The incident took place in a suite at Hotel Lalit Ashok where the BJP central observers, including Naidu, a past president of BJP, had called the chief minister to demand his resignation, the sources said. Such was the 68-year-old Lingayat leaders anger that when a minister close to him woke him up at his Race Course Road residence, he slapped the ministers face. BSY was already miffed at the central leaderships decision to ask him to step down and its reluctance to heed his choice of a pliable successor. The trigger for his violent behaviour appeared to be Naidus refusal to sign a letter supporting BSYs cause. Sources said Naidu, who had so far always supported BSYs cause, toed the central line in removing BSY as CM.

                                                                                                               
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