Mangalore, October 23: Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa needs to do some introspection and recall his journey from being a party worker to becoming a party leader before embarking on quitting the BJP and forming a separate party, C T Ravi, DK District in charge Minister, and BJP leader, said.
He was speaking at a press meet in Mangalore on Tuesday. Responding to a media person's question as to what steps has the BJP taken to fill the void that would be created due to Mr. Yeddyurappa's exit, Mr. Ravi said that it is “too early” to comment on the issue and that he is confident that Mr. Yeddyurappa will not quit the party. “He has only given a statement. He will not do it. Whether party will suffer a loss due to his exit is a mere hypothesis. He has always advised us in party meetings and even in public meetings against betraying the party. He has always said betraying the party is like betraying one's own mother. He will not betray the party. I am confident he will not quit the party”, Mr. Ravi said.
The BJP is a cadre based party and all its leaders are people who made the journey upwards from being ordinary party activists, Mr. Ravi said, while stating that a little bit of introspection by Mr. Yeddyurappa will ensure that he stays with the party. “Unlike other parties which have family dynasties ruling, our party is a cadre based party. All our leaders including myself were nobody a few years ago. If a question were to be posed to Mr. Yeddyurappa 35 years ago, he would have said he is only an ordinary Jan Sangh activist. The party has never been unjust to him. In fact the party has stood by him in tough times and supported him always. No one asked for his resignation when he would lose elections. He was made the State President of the party. He was made the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly. The Deputy Chief Minister's post was also given to him and when it came to the Chief Minister's post too, it was unanimously decided that he is the man. Therefore there is no meaning in the claim that the party has been unjust to him. All he needs to do is think about those days and the way he has come up all over again. With that, I am sure, he will decide against leaving the party”, Mr. Ravi said.
'Sonia's Mangalore speech was a failed attempt to cover up UPA's blunders'
Mr. Ravi said on the occasion that Sonia Gandhi's allegations of misuse of Centre's funds by the state government during her recent visit to Mangalore were a futile attempt at covering up the Congress led UPA government's blunders.
“Ms. Gandhi disappointed us by not announcing a single gift for Karnataka. Her demand that the state government must answer as to what it has done with the Rs. 80,000 crores given by the Centre, was a failed attempt to escape from their blunders. It is the CAG's job to demand transaction details. Is she the UPA chairperson or some accountant general? The money given was not Congress' property. It was the tax payer's money which the Centre receives in a Federal set up. We are ready to give accounts of our spending and we will do so at the time of elections”, Mr. Ravi said.
The BJP leader alleged that the Centre has misused the tax payer's money instead and demanded that the Congress give details of black money in foreign countries. “What about the black money stocked in swiss banks? The Congress must give transaction details of that money. The Congress had assured during Lok Sabha elections that within 100 days, black money would be brought back to the country. But even after 1,200 days, it hasn't come back. We suspect that Congress has the lion's share in the black money stocked abroad. Because black money belonging to Nehru-Gandhi family is also involved, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is helpless. That is why movements of Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare are being suppressed”, he said.
Responding to Ms. Gandhi's statement that the state government could have increased the cylinder limit and reduced tax on diesel, Mr. Ravi questioned as to why the UPA government had limited the number of cylinders to six in the first place.
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