Before leaving for Bengaluru on April 15, RDPR Minister K.S. Eshwarappa, expressed confidence that he would come out clean of the charges levelled against him in a couple of months.
Addressing party workers at the BJP office in Shivamogga, the Minister said he had never anticipated that he would face such an agni parikshe (trial by fire). “But, I am sure I will come out of it clean, and serve the party and the country as long as I am alive,” he said.
As he reached the party office, party workers appealed to him not to resign. A few workers were in tears, expressing disappointment over the development.
