Against odds, Yediyurappa manages to stay afloat politically

When Bharatiya Janata Party veteran and Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa celebrated his 77th birthday in February 2020, not many leaders, together with these shut to him, had been assured that he would stay within the workplace for another 12 months. That is as a result of the BJP central management had begun the method of looking for another to exchange the ageing chief. Now the BJP’s Lingayat strongman, who’s celebrating his 78th birthday on Saturday, has upset political calculations of many leaders by persevering with to stay in energy and proving that he’s a political survivor.

It shouldn’t be that the celebration excessive command has put aside its plans to discover another chief. But the management is but to zero in on any chief, contemplating it isn’t simple to discover another within the State which has its personal divisions when it comes to caste and regional identities.

“Everyone knows that Mr. Yediyurappa is getting old and the party needs an alternative leader who can revitalise administrative machinery through fresh ideas and energy. But it appears that so far it has not been possible to find such a dynamic leader,” noticed a senior chief from the celebration State unit. “But it does not mean that Mr. Yediyurappa is completely safe as the sword of Damocles is hanging on his head since the central leadership has kept a watch on him in the wake of allegations of groupism, corruption, and nepotism,” the chief added.

Mr. Yediyurappa’s political detractors really feel that any of those allegations remodeling right into a authorized tangle could expedite the method of discovering a successor. But his supporters hope that the celebration could not toy with the thought of changing him if he manages to full no less than another 12 months within the remaining time period of about two years. But there’s a curiosity in each the camps in regards to the excessive command’s subsequent transfer.

Missed possibilities

There is a sense amongst a bit of the celebration strategists that a number of leaders let go off the chance given to them by the celebration to develop politically. “The opportunity for political growth started for many Ministers right from 2008. While some actually did well as Ministers, they could not build a political constituency,” noticed a strategist.

Apart from the power to perceive the heartbeat of individuals, Mr. Yediyurappa’s benefit is that his detractors are not looking for to lose the federal government within the political tussle. In truth, the significance of being in energy for the BJP was underscored by celebration nationwide common secretary in control of Karnataka Arun Singh, who not too long ago requested Mr. Yediyurappa’s detractors to neglect particular person variations within the curiosity of the celebration ideology as the federal government had applied and caused legal guidelines in tune with celebration’s “core ideology” such because the anti-cow slaughter Act.

Carrot and stick strategy

On its half, the excessive command seems to have adopted a carrot and stick strategy because it has despatched a message earlier by ignoring Mr. Yediyurappa’s fervent plea for ministerial enlargement on the one hand and making an attempt to pacify his detractors on the opposite. The sport of suspense has continued with respect to management change because the celebration excessive command has stored each the pro- and anti-Yediyurappa camps on tenterhooks.