Congress has no moral right to claim power: BS Yeddyurappa

Karnataka, May 15: With Congress and JD(S) stitching an alliance to beat BJP, the mood in the saffron party is of disappointment and despair.

A rankled BS Yeddyurappa hit out at Congress after news of the JD(S)-Congress alliance became public.

"Congress has no moral right to claim power. I condemn the back-door politics by Congress," he told media persons at a press conference.

"Despite being rejected, Congress is trying to grab power. People have rejected the Congress and accepted BJP. People are moving towards a Congress-mukt Karnataka," Yeddyurappa stressed.

The Congress offered Kumaraswamy the CM post after the counting leads and results indicated that Karnataka was heading for a hung assembly.

Out of 222 seats that went to polls on May 12, the BJP is presently leading in 104 seats, Congress in 78 seats, JD(S) in 38 seats while others are leading in 2 seats.

The Congress-JD(S) alliance can easily cross the half-way mark of 112 in the state assembly.