Belagavi/Bengaluru: The state BJP will not resort to “Operation Lotus” after the next Assembly elections but several legislators from the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) will be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on their own, claimed former minister Murugesh Nirani, a close confidante of former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who is now the state BJP president.
Mr Nirani gave a call to his party workers at a meeting in Belagavi to be prepared to face Assembly elections next year as infighting and differences among Congress leaders will lead to elections soon.
Leaders who spoke at the meeting, said the Chief Minister was more worried about holding on to his post, while highlighting the government's failure to tackle water shortage. Instead of initiating serious measures to overcome drought that has rocked most parts of the state, Congress leaders are lobbying for ministerial berths, he said while giving a call to party workers to be ready for Assembly elections. Hailing the nomination of Mr Yeddyurappa as president of state BJP, Mr Nirani said he would be the next Chief Minister of Karnataka as the party would win at least 150 seats in the 2018 Assembly elections.
Siddaramaiah will ensure he is last Cong CM: BJP
Hitting out at the Congress government in state for its “failures” as it completed three years in office, BJP said on Friday that Siddaramaiah will ensure that he will be the last Congress CM in the state. Calling Siddaramaiah the captain of a "zero development" government, state BJP president B.S. Yeddyurappa told reporters here that the public mood is against the Congress government, which is "anti-farmer, anti-dalit and also anti-minority." He alleged that there was no coordination within the cabinet.
Targeting the CM and his cabinet colleagues for their "inability" in handling drought situation, Yeddyurappa said, “Siddaramaiah's government could not rescue farmers in distress, leading to 1,450 of them committing suicide." He also targeted the government for not properly utilising the fund given by the Centre.
