[1]With indications emerging from the BJP HQ in New Delhi that he may have to make way for rural development minister Jagadish Shettar, Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda’s address to reporters at his home office, Krishna on Wednesday sounded more like a farewell speech.
Replying to queries, Mr Gowda said: “ Central leaders heard our views. Their decision will not affect me because I consider this as an inevitable part of public life. It will neither be sweet nor bitter and I will abide by the decision”, the CM said, adding, “I am a disciplined soldier of the party.” He said central leaders had invited state leaders on several occasion in the past to discuss issues pertaining to Karnataka. “This time too, they took our opinion on the ongoing developments and the resignation episode. They have promised the state unit that they will take a decision in 3-4 days,” the CM said “Mr Jagadish Shettar, party president K.S. Eshwarappa and I have promised central leaders that we will abide by any decision taken by them”, he added.
To a question on the frequent turmoil in the party ever since it came to power, Mr Gowda said: “The BJP is like a big ocean, party workers are swimming against a strong tide. Every party worker wants to serve the people. When the party came to power four and a half years ago, bad practices were adopted which is really unfortunate”. “We do a postmortem when death occurs due to an accident. If we know the death occurred due to old age, we do not conduct a postmortem. Similarly in our party, the reasons for the frequent problems are known to all,” he said.
“The budget session of the state legislature will be conducted at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, since the finance bill has to be cleared before July 31,” Mr Gowda said.
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