BANGALORE
Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa said he would come clean on the mining scandal and be back in the saddle sooner than others think.
Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa said he would come clean on the mining scandal and be back in the saddle sooner than others think.
“I am the victim of a deep-rooted conspiracy of the combined forces of my own party and that of the opposition parties. I shall overcome it all, emerge clean and come back on the chief minister’s seat sooner than you think,” he said.
Chatting informally with the media in Hirekerur town, 40 km from Haveri, he said: “My only objective in politics is to serve the farmers and common people, which is not liked by my detractors. Had I been allowed to successfully launch all of my pro-farmer and pro-common people programmes, none of the leaders in my detractor groups would have been able to even dream of becoming a chief minister for rest of their political career.”
Yeddyurappa chose this farming town for launching his pro-farmer and pro-commoner campaign because he had seen poverty in its worst form here.
“I’ve seen farmers and common people struggling to keep their food and income secure due to the effects of the drought. People in power may say the drought is over after the rains. But dry spells have left a deep scar on their micro-economic situation,” he said.
Training his guns on the Centre, he said it is trying to foil the state government’s efforts to fight drought by not providing drought relief measures and funds. This way, it wants to show the state government in bad light, he said.
“Let us not forget that my administration had waived farm loans up to Rs3,000 crore when the country was going through recession. It needs courage and concern to take such bold steps,” he said.
Yeddyurappa, however, declined to comment on other issues including Belekeri ore scam.All he said was : “You will see that in the coming days I will come clean.”
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