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ShareBanglore: They should have been with the flood victims who are yet to get over a deluge of problems in various constituencies of North Karnataka. But the MLAs are instead enjoying the fringe benefits emerging from the raging political crisis in the state.
Chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, after reviewing the flood-hit regions of the state, had asked all the MLAs of North Karnataka to rush to their respective constituencies to oversee flood relief measures and ensure that the miseries of the flood-affected people were minimised.
However, they are holed up in a faraway five-star resort in Hyderabad, where the build-up of the rebellion is being engineered in all preparation for a possible MLAs' parade to convince the BJP party high command that the Reddy camp has higher numbers than Yeddyurappa.
The Reddy camp, which now claims to have 60-65 BJP and independent MLAs, of a total party strength of 117 in the state assembly, on Tuesday moved another group of MLAs who had been accommodated in a five-star hotel in Goa. Sources told DNA that these MLAs were flown to Hyderabad to regroup with the MLAs who are already there, to boost the anti-Yeddyurappa drive.
What has irked Yeddyurappa is the absence of MLAs from the flood-hit regions of Karnataka. This, despite his appeal to them to ensure that they remain with the flood-affected people who required relief, rehabilitation and rebuilding of their lives and properties. The chief minister is keen the BJP continues its flood-relief drive despite the hic-cups his government faces.
