Sadananda Gowda (ANI/Twitter)

NEW DELHI: With the ruling Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka staring at a crisis , the BJP is ready to form the government if the party gets an invite from the governor.

"Governor is the supreme authority, as per the constitutional mandate if he calls us, certainly we are ready to form the government. We are the single largest party, we have got 105 people with us," senior BJP leader DV Sadananda Gowda said on being asked if the BJP will form government in Karnataka.

The HD Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka plunged into a crisis on Saturday as 11 ruling coalition MLAs submitted their resignations to the assembly speaker.

The BJP welcomed the political development in the state.

"They thought it's high time to come out of that party and resigned from legislators post as they felt that continuing as MLAs was not good in the larger interest of their constituency and state," Sadananda Gowda said.

He also said that B S Yeddyurappa will be the chief minister if a new government is formed.

The rebel MLAs, meanwhile, have said that their decision to resign was voluntary and the BJP had nothing to do with it.

