Ending speculations on his political moves, former Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Thursday made it clear that he would not quit the BJP for missing out on party ticket to contest the Lok Sabha polls. However, without taking the name of party veteran B.S. Yediyurappa, he declared that he would take up the task of “cleansing the party State unit”, which is “in the clutches of selfish leaders who believe in politics of family, corruption and caste.”
“I will not rest till the party State unit is cleansed in tune with the Prime Minister’s vision,” Mr. Gowda remarked at a press conference in Bengaluru on Thursday. “Mr. Modi has launched a cleansing drive at the national level. I am the only person who can provide impetus to such a cleansing drive in the party unit,” Mr. Gowda said.
