Crisis has put all of us to shame, says Sushma Swaraj

Admitting that the recent crisis in Karnataka following dissident activities has put BJP "to shame", the party today appeared to blame chief minister BS Yeddyurappa for the turmoil, saying he needs to communicate better.

"The crisis is not only unfortunate, it has put all of us to shame", senior party leader Sushma Swaraj told a press conference here after meetings of the newly constituted coordination committee and the legislature party.

"But it (the crisis) has been resolved fully. It has withered away as a bad dream," said Swaraj, who along with party senior leaders Arun Jaitley, M Venkaiah Naidu and Ananth Kumar, attended the meetings.

Swaraj, who was one of the leaders involved in the crisis-defusing exercise, said all through, there was a feeling that the party has emerged stronger after the crisis.

"We have learnt many lessons. The main lesson is...that most of the problems....the root cause of most of the problems is lack of dialogue. Chief minister has to be more and more communicative," she said.

"And more and more dialogue is to be established with the party, with the organisation and with the chief minister," Swaraj said, adding, such a thing (the recent crisis) would never be repeated.

"The chief minister assured on this count, and then all the other leaders assured of their support," she said.