The Karnataka BJP remained on tenterhooks through Sunday amid expectations of B.S. Yediyurappa’s imminent departure as chief minister, but the matter remained hazy even though the would-be successors stepped up their lobbying for the post. Yediyurappa himself spoke nonchalantly about the possibility of his exit but BJP national president J.P. Nadda confounded all by lauding his performance. Advertisement The chief minister kept saying he was expecting a “message” from the party leadership. “I will let you know if the message comes by this evening,” he told reporters in Belgaum where he toured flood-ravaged areas on Sunday. Hours later Nadda told reporters in Goa: “He (Yediyurappa) has done good work. The Karnataka government is running properly and Yediyurappa is handling everything in his own way.”