Simmering discontentment in the BJP over the recent appointments showed up on the opening day of the Winter Session in Belagavi on Monday as senior BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal threatened to boycott the BJP legislature party meeting expressing disappointment over the “injustice to North Karnataka in appointments to posts”.
His salvo on Monday follows earlier cryptic remarks that he posted on X, a social media platform, following the appointments of B.Y. Vijayendra, son of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, as the BJP Karnataka president, and R. Ashoka as the Leader of the Opposition. Though he publicly denied that he was in the race for either of the posts, party sources said that he was hoping to get one of them.
“I will not attend the legislature party meeting till justice is given to North Karnataka as there is no representation in the BJP. We are not slaves of those coming from South Karnataka,” Mr. Yatnal told presspersons before the start of the session. He said: “There is a need to uproot dynasty politics and it will end across the country. My aim is to cleanse the system of dynasty politics.” His covert comments seemed to be directed at Mr. Vijayendra.
