Mend your ways, say BJP leaders to Yeddyurappa in letter

January 14, 2017

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Bengaluru, Jan 14: BJP leader K?S?Eshwarappa, who is involved in a face-off with B?S?Yeddyurappa, seems to be getting support in the party.

As many as 24 BJP?second line leaders, including five sitting legislators, have written to Yeddyurappa stating that his style of functioning is damaging the party's image.

The letter comes at a time when differences between Yeddyurappa and Eshwarappa seem to be reaching a flashpoint.

The two-page letter mentions the name of sitting legislators M?B?Bhanuprakash, Raghunath?Rao Malkapure, Somanna Bevinamard, Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri, former ministers Sogadu Shivanna and S?A?Ravindranath among others as its signatories.

The letter states that Yeddyurappa's “unilateral decisions” while appointing party office bearers, district presidents and other functionaries have dampened the spirit of party workers.

Workers who have served for decades for the party have been sidelined, affecting their morale, the letter states.

Decisions are being taken without taking the core-committee into confidence, they charged. Similar questions had been raised by Eshwarappa too.

It mentions another letter written to Yeddyurappa on August 1 last year seeking time to discuss and end the “confusion” in the party. However, there was no response from?Yeddyurappa.

Damage control

The Yeddyurappa camp, apparently taken aback after the letter landed with the media, swung into damage-control mode. Party spokesperson G Madhusudhan, in a statement, questioned the authenticity of the letter pointing out that it is unsigned. He also stated that it is an act of “mischief mongers”.

He said Yeddyurappa's office had not received any letter on August 1.

However, when contacted, MLCs?Bhanuprakash and Malkapure independently confirmed that they had written to Yeddyurappa in the interest of the party. “I drafted the letter. I am aware that 16 leaders have signed the letter while others have given their oral consent,” Bhanuprakash said.

He also took objection to Madhusudhan calling them mischief mongers and said they were dedicated party workers.

Malkapure also confirmed the contents of the letter but said they had not released it to the media.

The leaders questioned the rationale behind leaving out a senior leader like Eshwarappa from the drought study teams constituted by the party.

What they expect from BSY

Take everyone into confidence while managing party

Review appointments of office bearers, functionaries

Give priority to BJP workers while making appointments

Revoke show cause notices issued to Sogadu Shivanna, M?B Nandish

Revoke suspension of Hanumanthappa, who was BJP Honnali president

Will not change office-bearers:?BSY

Yeddyurappa said that it was not fair on part of MLC Bhanuprakash to share the details of the letter he has written to the party with the media. He said that he learnt through media that Bhanuprakash has expressed his displeasure over the appointment of office-bearers to various district units in the letter written to him.

BJP?state core committee is slated to meet on January 21 and 23 in Belagavi. It is the ideal platform to discuss such issues. Being in a responsible position, Bhanuprakash should not have gone to the media, he said, reports DHNS from Shivamogga. Yeddyurappa made it clear that there is no question of changing the office-bearers under any circumstance. Let him discuss the issue with the party national president Amit Shah, he said.

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Beltangady, Mar 17: A three-year-old boy was crushed to death under the wheels of an auto-rickshaw in front of his house at Panakaje Mundadi in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada. 

The gut-wrenching tragedy took place on Saturday, March 16 morning when the boy ran out of home to the road. 

The victim has been identified as Kaushik, the son of Chandrashekhar and Usha couple. Their home is situated adjacent to the main road at Panakaje.

It is learnt that the auto-rickshaw failed to notice the boy who suddenly darted towards the road and hit him. 

Even though the injured boy was rushed to a private hospital in Ujire and later to Mangaluru, he breathed his last. 

The Beltangady traffic police have registered a case in connection with the incident.

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March 22,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 22: An FIR has been registered against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over a provocative hate post on social media, Election Commission officials said on Friday.

The move comes after a complaint filed by officials of the poll body and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) that the Bengaluru South MP, who is also the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, had in a post apparently targeted a minority and spread enmity between two communities.

He also made a similar post on March 19 on X and YouTube which went viral. He has 1.3 million followers on X, thereby influencing the voters and disturbing the communal harmony between the communities, it further alleged.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at Halasuru Gate police station on March 20 under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295 A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of the People Act, the officials said.

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Hassan: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has announced that his son, former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will contest from state's Mandya parliamentary seat as NDA candidate.

Deve Gowda told reporters on Tuesday that the decision to field Kumaraswamy, who is also JD(S) state president, in Lok Sabha polls from the Mandya seat was taken amid mounting public demand. "People are demanding that Kumaraswamy should contest from Mandya. In the core committee meeting as well, all members suggested that he should contest from Mandya," Deve Gowda said.

The former Chief Minister's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy had lost to independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh from Mandya in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The JD(S) supremo further said that the name of senior leader Mallesh Babu has been finalised from the Kolar seat.

Deve Gowda's grandson and former Karnataka Minister H. D. Revanna's son sitting JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna will be contesting as the NDA candidate from the Hassan seat.

Earlier in the day, Kumaraswamy in a media briefing indicated that he would contest from Mandya amid mounting public pressure on him.

Congress has fielded Venkatarame Gowda popularly known as ‘Star Chandru’ from the Mandya seat dominated by Vokkaligas. Star Chandru is a close associate of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.

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