BANGALORE: Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday backtracked from his earlier threat of his loyalists resigning from their respective posts to create a crisis for the Sadananda Gowdagovernment.
Building the suspense from early morning of announcing his decision at 4pm, which was pushed forward by an hour, Yeddyurappa, addressing a crowded news conference at his Race Course residence said: "I have only postponed my decision to quit. This is not a blackmail tactics as I am not aspiring to become the CM or the party president."
Yeddyurappa claimed he decided to hold back the decision to resign from the MLA's post in deference to advice from mutt seers, party leaders Nitin Gadkari and Arun Jaitley who said that the party will be orphaned, if he quits.
The central leadership is expected to depute Jaitley to Karnataka shortly to work out a rapprochement between Yeddyurappa and Gowda.
Yeddyurappa maintained that he had informed speaker K G Bopaiah that he would be meeting him around noon to hand over his resignation from the assembly seat, while there was not necessity for the MLAs to follow suit.
Concluding his 30-minute news conference, which was used to attack chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda and party's national general secretary H N Ananth Kumar and state BJPchief K S Eshwarappa, the former CM said: "I am leaving the decision to the central leadership whether they require Yeddyurappa or not. I have strived 40 years for the party. Within three years of becoming CM, my programmes such as Bhagyalakshmi (scheme for girl chill) and bicycles to students are still remembered."
For the first time, Yeddyurappa went ballistic against Gowda, Kumar and Eshwarappa. He accused Kumar of nurturing ambitions of becoming Karnataka's CM. "If he was so desparate, Kumar should have led the party and contested the elections in 2008. Instead using the advantage of being in New Delhi, he made L K Advani turn against me who is like my two eyes to me. It does not behove Kumar's stature to behave in that manner," he added and accused that Kumar made three attempts to dislodge his government.
Yeddyurappa's ire was severe on Gowda. He said the CM was insulting him and casting aspersion on his four-decade of public life. "He has been practising the politics of revenge by alingning with JD(S) leaders," he said.
Building the suspense from early morning of announcing his decision at 4pm, which was pushed forward by an hour, Yeddyurappa, addressing a crowded news conference at his Race Course residence said: "I have only postponed my decision to quit. This is not a blackmail tactics as I am not aspiring to become the CM or the party president."
Yeddyurappa claimed he decided to hold back the decision to resign from the MLA's post in deference to advice from mutt seers, party leaders Nitin Gadkari and Arun Jaitley who said that the party will be orphaned, if he quits.
The central leadership is expected to depute Jaitley to Karnataka shortly to work out a rapprochement between Yeddyurappa and Gowda.
Yeddyurappa maintained that he had informed speaker K G Bopaiah that he would be meeting him around noon to hand over his resignation from the assembly seat, while there was not necessity for the MLAs to follow suit.
Concluding his 30-minute news conference, which was used to attack chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda and party's national general secretary H N Ananth Kumar and state BJPchief K S Eshwarappa, the former CM said: "I am leaving the decision to the central leadership whether they require Yeddyurappa or not. I have strived 40 years for the party. Within three years of becoming CM, my programmes such as Bhagyalakshmi (scheme for girl chill) and bicycles to students are still remembered."
For the first time, Yeddyurappa went ballistic against Gowda, Kumar and Eshwarappa. He accused Kumar of nurturing ambitions of becoming Karnataka's CM. "If he was so desparate, Kumar should have led the party and contested the elections in 2008. Instead using the advantage of being in New Delhi, he made L K Advani turn against me who is like my two eyes to me. It does not behove Kumar's stature to behave in that manner," he added and accused that Kumar made three attempts to dislodge his government.
Yeddyurappa's ire was severe on Gowda. He said the CM was insulting him and casting aspersion on his four-decade of public life. "He has been practising the politics of revenge by alingning with JD(S) leaders," he said.
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