The ruling BJP in Karnataka is bracing for a split as former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will quit the party on Friday to launch his own outfit on December 9. Yeddyurappa is also resigning as an assembly member on Friday.The new party, Karnataka Janata Party (KJP), is scheduled to be formally launched at a public meeting in Haveri, Bangalore.The KJP was registered last year with the Election Commission by a Karnataka voter, Padmanabha Prasanna Kumar.

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