With no end in sight to the leadership issue in the ruling BJP in Karnataka, state unit chief KS Eswarappa today said he would abide by the decision of the party's central leadership.
With no end in sight to the leadership issue in the ruling BJP in Karnataka, state unit chief KS Eswarappa today said he would abide by the decision of the party's central leadership.
"Whatever the party high command decides,I will abide by it", Eswarappa, against whom former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa had recently launched a tirade, told reporters at Shimoga.
Yeddyurappa had alleged that Eswarappa was instrumental in sending him to jail and was attempting to throw him out of the party. His angry outburst had come after Eswarappa repeatedly stated that no position could be given to him till he came out clean in corruption cases.
The face-off between the two on the leadership issue has triggered a confusion among party ranks.
In a virtual disapproval of the attack made by party MLA Suresh Gowda on BJP's top brass to make an on-the-spot assessment of the political situation in the state while deciding on the leadership issue of Yeddyurappa,Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda told reporters that he would talk to the MLA.
Suresh Gowda, a staunch Yeddyurappa loyalist, had yesterday objected to BJP top leaders taking decision sitting in the national capital and wanted them to visit the state to know about the popularity of his leader.
Apparently expressing displeasure over his remarks,Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister S Suresh Kumar said: "My advice to party leaders is that it is better to brood over the sentiments shared by other leaders on the party issues before making any statement."
HS Shankaralinge Gowda, MLA and a known baiter of Yeddyurappa, took a dig at the war of words that has broken out between the former chief minister and Eswarappa.
"Eswarappa at times falls at Yeddyurappa's feet and sometimes attacks Yeddyurappa. I don't know whether it is a drama or a street play? Shankaralinge Gowda told reporters.
As some BJP leaders expressed resentment at the group meetings held by Yeddyurappa loyalists to pressure the party central leadership on his demand for a "suitable position", Excise Minister M P Renukacharya, another loyalist of the former chief minister said "We are meeting Yeddyurappa on our own. He has not called anyone".
Renukacharya said a delegation would visit Delhi to impress on the party high command the demands put forth by Yeddyurappa.
In another development state Home Minister R Ashoka called on BJP President Nitin Gadkari and other senior leaders in Delhi today and discussed the problems faced by the government and the party in Karnataka.
Ashoka's visit comes a day after Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje, considered close to Yeddyurappa, making a trip to Delhi.
Yeddyurappa had been sulking since he was ousted from the Chief Ministership after the Lokayukta report on illegal mining indicted him and he is now lobbying for a "suitable position," a move that has created confusion in the party over leadership issue.
Yeddyurappa had set a deadline for BJP leadership to give him a suitable position, saying he will wait till January 15 for the party to take a decision.
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