Bharatiya Janata Party leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Monday said that the party’s central leadership will soon pick a new chief minis...
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Monday said that the party’s central leadership will soon pick a new chief minister for Karnataka who is “honest, pro-Hindu and capable of bringing the BJP back to power”, The Indian Express reported.
Yatnal, an MLA of the ruling party from Bijapur constituency in Karnataka, is one of the strongest dissidents of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. Earlier this month, amid speculations of Yediyurappa being replaced, Yatnal had called him “inactive” and asked him to retire respectfully.
Speaking to reporters in Vijayapura city on Monday, Yatnal took a jibe at Yediyurappa’s recent visit to Delhi with his son. He met top BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief JP Nadda. Without mentioning any names, Yatnal said a party leader was making trips to Delhi with the demand of being made the chief minister.
“He has also tried to bribe the party’s central leadership,” Yatnal said, according to The Hindu. “The party leadership is very honest and they will not tolerate such things.”
Yatnal also refused to read much into a purported audio clip on a possible “leadership change” in Karnataka. The clip that went viral on social media during the weekend contained a voice resembling that of Nalinkumar Kateel, the state unit chief of BJP. Kateel has denied links...
