A day after former Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda announced retirement from electoral politics, veteran BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa said that Mr. Gowda had made the announcement after the party high command directly told him not to contest the next polls.
Mr. Gowda had claimed that he was retiring from electoral politics to make way for youngsters. In fact, answering a specific query, he had even denied any role of the party high command in his retirement announcement.
However, Mr. Yediyurappa told reporters in Bengaluru on Thursday that the party Central leadership had instructed Mr. Gowda not to contest the polls. After the instructions were issued to him, Mr. Gowda said that he would desist from contesting polls and that he would continue to serve the party organisation, Mr. Yediyurappa said.
