Eshwarappa sticks to his weapons; claims to have support of party leaders

Sticking to his weapons on the difficulty of alleged violation of Karnataka Government (Transaction of Business) Rules, 1977, by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, senior BJP chief and Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K.S. Eshwarappa on Friday claims to benefit from the support of senior party leaders on the ‘just’ stand he had taken.

Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, Mr. Eshwarappa rejected the cost that his choice to write to Governor Vajubhai Vala highlighting the Chief Minister’s alleged interference within the affairs of his division amounted to a ‘revolt.’ “I am always a loyal partyman”, he stated.

Mr. Eshwarappa additionally claimed that he had introduced the matter to the discover of senior party leaders together with BJP’s nationwide common secretary Arun Singh, party’s State unit chief Nalin Kumar Kateel and party’s nationwide common Secretary C.T. Ravi they usually had endorsed the stand he had taken.

He additionally stated he is not going to be cowed down by the general public statements made by a couple of Ministers and BJP MLAs in opposition to him. In reality, Mr. Eshwarappa claimed a pair of Ministers and MLAs, who had held a press convention to hit out in opposition to him, had subsequently telephoned him and expressed support to his motion. “They claimed that they had to make such public statements due to certain pressures”.

Fielding reporters’ queries, Mr. Eshwarappa additionally recalled Mr. Yediyurappa’s choice to give up the BJP and float a brand new political outfit, KJP. “He had been misled by a few people close to him and had floated the KJP. He may have similarly been misled while making allocations to departments without bringing the issue to the notice of the Minister concerned”, Mr. Eshwarappa stated.