Yeddyurappa clarifies '22 LS seats' remarks amid row
Earlier Yeddyurappa told reporters that recent incident of armed forces attacking Pak will help his party to win 22 seats in Karnataka.
Chitradurga: Amid the social outrage over '22 Lok Sabha seats' remark, B S Yeddyurappa said that he was quoted "out of context.''
Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa opined that the air strike recently carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pakistan has titled things in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's favour and will help the win 22 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka in the impending general elections.
Earlier Yeddyurappa told reporters, "The recent incident of armed forces attacking Pakistan has turned the tide in Narendra Modi's favour, as the youth is happy after the attack. It will help us win 22 seats in Karnataka.''
The remark did not go well with state president of BJP, Yeddyurappa and kindled outrage on social media.
State Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy attacked Yeddyurappa for calculating extra Lok Sabha seats that the terror attack and Pakistan war can bring for BJP.
Yeddyurappa was even rebuked by his party colleague, Union Minister VK Singh.
India on Tuesday carried out air strikes against a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror training camp in Pakistan's Balakot, in which a "large number of terrorists" were killed, according to Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale.
The air strike was carried out in the aftermath of the February 14 terrorist attack carried out by the JeM on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, which claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel.
There are 28 seats at stake in Karnataka, out of which the BJP currently holds 16 seats while the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) hold 10 and 2 Lok Sabha seats, respectively.