A day after the awaited reconstitution of the BJP office-bearers was announced, the party was struck with dissidence by senior leaders with the MLA from Vijayapura Basanagouda Patil Yatnal’s outburst embarrassing the party again, while former Union Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda expressing his displeasure.
The new appointments, coming after the taking over of B.Y. Vijayendra as the president of the State unit, are being seen as those in favour of the former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s camp and have been frowned upon by these leaders.
“Mr. Yediyurappa’s team was KJP 1 when he had left the party and formed the Karnataka Janata Party. This is KJP 2 within the BJP. His grandson will form KJP-3 later. They are saying with this team, the BJP will win all the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka. This will collapse like a pack of cards after the results even if they fall short of winning one seat,” Mr. Yatnal told presspersons in Vijayapura on Sunday.
