Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Sunday put an finish to speculations a few management change in Karnataka and stated he’ll proceed within the prime put up so long as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) excessive command has confidence in him.
“As long as the Delhi high command has confidence in me, I will continue as the Chief Minister. The day they will say they don’t want me, I will resign and work day and night for the development of the state,” he informed the media right here.
Yediyurappa, nevertheless, additionally made it clear that he received’t agree that there was no alternate chief to exchange him within the Karnataka BJP.
“There will always be alternate persons in the state and the country. So, I won’t agree that there are no alternate persons in Karnataka but until the high command has confidence in me I will continue as the Chief Minister,” he added.
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Karnataka Revenue Minister R. Ashok voiced his help for Yediyurappa and stated “it is time to put a full stop to all the rumours about leadership change in Karnataka”.
“BS Yediyurappa is our leader and he will continue to be the Chief Minister,” he added.
The Congress Party, nevertheless, alleged “there is a different strategy behind Chief Minister Yediyurappa’s statement for resignation”.
“He is a strong leader in the BJP and state politics. The BJP went to elections under his leadership and took away our party friends and formed the government,” ANI quoted Karnataka Congress chief D.Ok. Shivakumar as saying.
The rumours assume significance as there are reviews suggesting that a number of MLAs have expressed their disappointment with the Chief Minister’s dealing with of the Covid-19 pandemic in addition to continued interference by Yediyurappa’s son and state BJP vice-president BY Vijayendra in state politics.
