For the second consecutive day, the ‘Janata Darshan’ at former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s office turned out to be a poor show with only 15 to 20 people, most of them party workers, turning up to draw the leader’s attention to their grievances, on Tuesday. Though Mr Yeddyurappa announced that he would not accept requests from people seeking government jobs or transfers a majority of those who queued up at his new office submitted requests for transfers. His personal staff was in the dark on how to conduct the programme or receive representations in the absence of the former CM.
Sources close to Mr Yeddyurappa said a majority of the representations were forwarded to the former chief minister’s supporters in the cabinet. Those addressed to Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda would be forwarded by these ministers, the sources added. On Tuesday, the former Chief Minister was excited to meet representatives of minority community in his office. Before meeting them, Mr Yeddyurappa told reporters that a large section of minorities and backward classes expressed their intention to join him and usher in changes in Karnataka. “During my tenure as Chief Minister, many developmental schemes were implemented for minorities and backward classes, so it is natural that people from these segments are eager to meet me,” he added. Confirming his plans to tour the state from the first week of June, the former chief minister said he would decide his next political moves based on feedback of people across the state.