The leadership tussle in Karnataka’s ruling BJP worsened on Thursday as former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa charged state unit chief K.S. Eswarappa with trying to oust him from the party and being responsible for sending him to jail.
“Ever since Eswarappa assumed office, he has been making statements branding me as guilty. He is not content with my ouster from the chief minister’s post, but is also trying to throw me out of the party,” Mr Yeddyurappa told reporters here.
Mr Yeddyurappa outburst comes a day after Eshwarappa accompanied chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda to Delhi to meet party top brass and reportedly sought their intervention to checkmate Mr Yeddyurappa’s attempt to return to power.