BSY anti-Gowda tirade continues
Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and his son, MP B.Y. Raghavendra, perform prayers at his new office at Malleswa
The first major effort by central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party to placate former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa after his residences were raided by officers of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) made little progress with the leader continuing his tirade against Karnataka chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Friday.
The task of pacifying the leader was left to the man in-charge of Karnataka affairs Dharmendra Pradhan, and RSS representatives to party, G. Satish and Santosh, with senior leader Arun Jaitley calling off his visit to the city as he wanted others to gauge the mood of the former chief minister.
At the meeting, which was held in Mr Yeddyurappa’s private residence hours in Dollar’s Colony hours after he inaugurated his new office, the former chief minister complained about the style of functioning of Mr Sadananda Gowda and the fact that he did not pay heed to their plea for a meeting of the legislature party.
Instead, he chose to complain against ministers identified as his supporters to party president Nitin Gadkari and even sought disciplinary action against them, according to sources close to the former chief minister.
Meanwhile, Mr Yeddyurappa vent his ire against senior central leaders of the BJP for not keeping their word on appointing him president of the state unit of the party, on Friday.
Speaking to reporters after inaugurating the office in Malleswaram, Mr Yeddyurappa said: “The BJP central leaders had promised to make me party president, but failed to keep their promise. I opened my new office to hear the grievances of party workers and people, as the person at the helm of affairs ignored their grievances.”
Mr Yeddyurappa’s diehard supporter and Harihar MLA B.P. Harish said, “So far, he has not disclosed his future political moves. The opening of new office does not mean he will quit BJP soon. After gauging public opinion during his state-wide tour, our leader will take a decision. But one thing is clear — a majority of MLAs feel that without the leadership of Mr Yeddyurappa, they cannot win in next year’s Assembly elections.
“So he is confident that after three months, the party MLAs will join his team.”
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