Shivamogga: Leader of the Opposition in the Council K S Eshwarappa on Saturday said that said BJP was not a private limited company and there has been a practice of discussing all issues with leaders and workers.
His statement comes in the backdrop of allegations that state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa has not been taking party members into confidence while taking decisions.
Speaking to reporters at his residence here, he said that there was no doubt that the state unit president is the chief ministerial candidate he stressed that Yeddyurappa should change his style of functioning.
Eshwarappa also demanded that Yeddyurappa apologise to BJP national general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh for calling the latter the mastermind behind the rift in the party adding that his statement has gone on to hurt the RSS workers who are the backbone of the party.
“When Yeddyurappa floated KJP by quitting BJP, it was Santhosh and others who worked to rebuild the party in the state.Considering his organisation skills, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah took him to the national-level. RSS workers strive to give political power to us. It is not fair on the part of Yeddyurappa to make such remarks. Yeddyurappa is still under the control of a few persons, like in the KJP. The former chief minister should shun his ego for the welfare of the party,” he said.
Further he mentioned that thought a four-member committee was formed as per Amit Shah’s directive to Yeddyurappa in Delhi on January 27, no meeting of the panel had been convened so far. Eshwarappa made it clear there was no ego in this matter.
