Mysuru/Bengaluru: A two-day BJP state executive meeting is all set to begin in Mysuru from Saturday amid an ongoing tussle between senior party leaders B S Yeddyurappa and K S Eshwarappa.
The meeting will be inaugurated by BJP national general secretary in-charge of Karnataka P Muralidhar Rao and party state president Yeddyurappa will preside. Senior party leaders like Union ministers Ananth Kumar, D V Sadananda Gowda, Ramesh Jigajinagi, Nirmala Sitharaman and former Union minister D Purandeswari apart from MPs, MLAs, MLCs, district presidents and general secretaries and morcha presidents will attend the meet.
Contrary to earlier reports that Eshwarappa would be skipping the meeting, it is now learnt that the leader has decided to participate in the same on both the days.
As per party sources, Eshwarappa changed his mind after he was warned that the central leadership would be left with no option but to initiate action against him and his supporters if they stay away from the state executive meet.
However, Eshwarappa’s name does not figure in the list of those leaders, who will be addressing the meeting.
In Mysuru, Yeddyurappa tried to play down his rift with Eshwarappa. Speaking to reporters he said that all the issues between the party leaders have been resolved and all are united. “The rift in the party between me and Eshwarappa in connection with the Sangolli Rayanna Brigade has been resolved,” he said.
According to sources, around 300 party workers are involved in making preparations for the meeting scheduled to be held at Rajendra Kalamandira. The feud between Yeddyurappa and Eshwarappa had hit a new low during the last few days with the central leadership sending Muralidhar Rao for damage control. Eshwarappa had launched a no holds barred public tirade against Yeddyurappa’s style of functioning at a convention in Bengaluru recently, blaming him for taking unilateral decisions and denting the morale of party workers.
