BJP national leader Arun Jaitley is expected to arrive in Bangalore on Tuesday evening to break the deadlock on choosing the successor to outgoing chief minister BS Yeddyurappa
BJP national leader Arun Jaitley is expected to arrive in Bangalore on Tuesday evening to break the deadlock on choosing the successor to outgoing chief minister BS Yeddyurappa even as rival camps intensified their operations to swell their ranks.
Raising the vigil to keep their flock together both Yeddyurappa and party president KS Eshwarappa’s factions have been lodged in two separate five star hotels in the city, while the leaders tried to poach on each others’ supporters.
While MLAs loyal to Yeddyurappa have been lodged in Chancery Pavilion hotel under strict vigil, the legislators of Eshwarappa, Ananth Kumar camp have been confined to hotel Lalith Ashok.
Yeddyurappa camp rooting for party MP DV Sadananda Gowda to be made the next chief minister has claimed its strength to be over 60, amid changing loyalties.
The Eshwarappa group determined to see rural development minister Jagadish Shettar as the next chief minister is gaining in strength as it claimed to have the support of more than 50 MLAs.
The day saw the 11 BJP MLAs, whose disqualification was quashed recently shift their loyalty from Yeddyurappa camp to Eshwarappa camp, as they arrived to hold parleys at hotel Ashoka.
According to sources, the Eshwarappa camp is gaining in strength and confident even getting the backing of the Bellary Reddys before the D-day of August 3, when the new leader would be announced.
As the rival faction intensified their operations to net new supporters, Yeddyurappa camp is mulling to shift its group to a private luxury resort on the outskirts of the city.
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