Forget opposition, even Cong leaders not happy with Siddu govt, says Yeddy

Udupi, Feb 13: BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa has predicted that there would be more instability in the Congress government in Karnataka after the zilla and taluk panchayat elections.

Speaking to presspersons after addressing a public meeting at Udyavar, near Udupi, the former chief minister said some amount of confusion and dissent was there in all political parties, but dissent in the Congress was increasing by the day and reaching a point of no return. After the zilla and taluk panchayat elections, this dissent would spill out and even the Congress high command would not be able to control it.

The functioning of the Siddaramaiah government had left a lot to be desired. Besides the Opposition, it was now being criticized by its own leaders. Senior Congress leader B. Janardhan Poojary had openly questioned the calibre of the ministers in Mr. Siddaramaiah’s cabinet in Mysuru.

Former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna had publicly said there was no point in filling the potholes and asphalting the roads in Bengaluru only during the Invest Karnataka meet. He too had pointed at inefficient ministers in the cabinet. This showed that senior Congress leaders themselves were dissatisfied with the performance of the State government, he said. On the prospects of the BJP in the zilla and taluk panchayat elections, Mr. Yeddyurappa said the atmosphere was conducive to the BJP in the entire State.

Later speaking at the public meeting, Mr. Yeddyurappa said the State government was lethargic in implementing the Central schemes. Most of the Union government’s schemes were all aimed at the welfare of the common man, he said.

There was lack of governance in the State. With the result, the entire administrative machinery had become lethargic. Instead of holding monthly review meetings to oversee the progress of various departments, Mr. Siddaramaiah was holding them at the fag end of the fiscal year, Mr. Yeddyurappa said. Shobha Karandlaje, MP, Kota Srinivas Poojary, MLC, Raghupati Bhat, Lalaji Mendon, former MLAs, T.V. Hegde, Udaykumar Shetty, Suresh Shetty, Suresh Nayak, BJP leaders, were present.