BJP dangles carrot of hope?

Apr 08, 2012 |

Bengaluru

Tags:

Dharmendra Pradhan

The BJP national general secretary, in charge of Karnataka, Dharmendra Pradhan, will convey a message on the leadership issue from senior central leaders of the party during a meeting with former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa at his Race Course Road residence, on Sunday.

Sources in the party said Mr Yeddyurappa cut short his tour of drought-hit areas and returned to Bengaluru on Saturday evening in view of the significant meeting with Mr Pradhan. The former chief minister would resume his tour of scarcity-affected areas after the departure of Mr Pradhan, the sources added.

But they declined to divulge the nature of talks to be held on Sunday. One possibility is that Mr Pradhan could convey a message based on the feedback received from rank and file of the party on the issue of change in leadership. “Mr Pradhan will hold talks with all stakeholders in the party,” said a BJP senior functionary. Mr Pradhan, however, will not be able to meet Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, who is away on a tour of drought-hit districts, sources in the Chief Minister’s Office said. Soon after his return to Bengaluru, Mr. Yeddyurappa told reporters that he did not see the need to call a meeting of ministers, legislators and other supporters at this juncture.

Post new comment

<form action="/comment/reply/141065" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" id="comment-form"> <div><div class="form-item" id="edit-name-wrapper"> <label for="edit-name">Your name: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="60" name="name" id="edit-name" size="30" value="Reader" class="form-text required" /> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-mail-wrapper"> <label for="edit-mail">E-Mail Address: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="64" name="mail" id="edit-mail" size="30" value="" class="form-text required" /> <div class="description">The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.</div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-comment-wrapper"> <label for="edit-comment">Comment: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <textarea cols="60" rows="15" name="comment" id="edit-comment" class="form-textarea resizable required"></textarea> </div> <fieldset class=" collapsible collapsed"><legend>Input format</legend><div class="form-item" id="edit-format-1-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-1"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-1" name="format" value="1" class="form-radio" /> Filtered HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd></li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-format-2-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-2"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-2" name="format" value="2" checked="checked" class="form-radio" /> Full HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> </fieldset> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" id="form-c24ea902ae22c81e15aae2d2b13a913a" value="form-c24ea902ae22c81e15aae2d2b13a913a" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-comment-form" value="comment_form" /> <fieldset class="captcha"><legend>CAPTCHA</legend><div class="description">This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.</div><input type="hidden" name="captcha_sid" id="edit-captcha-sid" value="85378438" /> <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" id="edit-captcha-response" value="NLPCaptcha" /> <div class="form-item"> <div id="nlpcaptcha_ajax_api_container"><script type="text/javascript"> var NLPOptions = {key:'c4823cf77a2526b0fba265e2af75c1b5'};</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://call.nlpcaptcha.in/js/captcha.js" ></script></div> </div> </fieldset> <span class="btn-left"><span class="btn-right"><input type="submit" name="op" id="edit-submit" value="Save" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div></form>