“There is no need for BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra to meet me. I have communicated this to the party in very clear terms,” Basanagouda Patil Yatnal said in Vijayapura on Friday.
He was responding to queries on whether Mr. Vijayendra had come to meet him, just as he had met other dissenting leaders, including Ramesh Jarkiholi.
“I am among the few leaders who have publicly spoken against the appointment of Mr. Vijayendra,” Mr. Yatnal said.
