Amid an eventful two days for the Congress in Karnataka after Chief of Opposition Siddaramaiah’s automobile was attacked with eggs in Kodagu on Thursday, the grand previous get together went a step forward and alleged that the chief minister’s put up within the state was “on the market”.
Chief of opposition within the Karnataka legislative council, BK Hariprasad reportedly alleged that the CM’s put up was a “very pricey affair”. He accused a senior BJP chief of quoting a worth of Rs 2,500 crore for the put up of chief minister of Karnataka, based on a report printed by NDTV.
“There are too many aspirants for the CM’s put up and there may be large cash concerned. In accordance with a BJP senior chief, one ought to cough up Rs 2,500 crore,” he was quoted as saying within the report.
Hariprasad’s allegations come amid hypothesis that CM Basavaraj Bommai could also be changed by the BJP excessive command forward of the 2023 meeting elections. Although union house minister Amit Shah had earlier mentioned the saffron get together will go into the meeting polls beneath Bommai’s management, there appears to be no unanimity inside the get together on the matter. A number of state leaders, together with former CM BS Yediyurappa, have repeatedly spoken about collective management.
Yediyurappa’s appointment to the Parliamentary Board and Central Election Committee additional fuelled rumours that the BJP is planning to point out the door to Bommai. Yediyurappa’s new appointment makes the Lingayat strongman part of the committee that provides ballot tickets.
In a modern growth, which is being seen as a “snub”, occasions deliberate for the celebration of Bommai’s one 12 months as CM have but once more been postponed from its scheduled date of August 28. The celebration, named ‘Janotsav’ or the ‘celebration of individuals’, was first mounted to be held on July 28.
The ruling BJP authorities has defined this by saying August 28 was on the brink of Gowri and Ganesh pageant celebrations, and the get together staff won’t be able to completely participate in organising in addition to celebrating the occasion.
Dispelling the rumours, BJP nationwide secretary Arun Singh mentioned Karnataka will go into subsequent 12 months’s polls beneath Bommai’s management, and that there was “no query” of eradicating him. “There isn’t a query of eradicating Bommai. Our management has positioned full confidence in him. He will certainly full his time period,” Singh was quoted as saying.
As for the cancellation of Janotsav, get together sources mentioned the state BJP unit was grand celebrations that may even embrace Yediyurappa’s new appointment. The get together additionally desires to ship a message to the folks just like the Congress managed with the mega celebration of Siddaramaiah’s seventy fifth start anniversary.
The primary time, it was Bommai who had cancelled the Janotsav celebrations only a day earlier than they have been scheduled to happen within the backdrop of the homicide of BJP Yuva Morcha activist Praveen Kumar Nettare in Dakshina Kannada district. The CM had mentioned his “conscience isn’t permitting” him to have a good time the occasion after seeing the plight of Praveen’s household, his spouse and mom.
It has change into a routine train for the Karnataka BJP to dismiss rumours surrounding management change by the excessive command. The scenario with Bommai has adopted the identical sample earlier than Yediyurappa was requested to step down. In accordance with the NDTV report, the BJP desires to stability the Lingayat-Vokkaliga vote financial institution by having Yediyurappa within the combine.
The Lingayats kind 18 per cent of Karnataka’s inhabitants, whereas the Vokkaligas comprise 15 per cent.
With inputs from News18
