Bangalore: Former Chief Minister of Karnataka Y. S. Yeddyurappa had react on the teaser of former Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar and said, “We have made a mistake. Because of our mistake, people of the state have elected a Congress government even though they did not want it. We have learnt our lessons. In coming Lok Sabha elections, we will reduce you to 7-8 seats (out of 28 in Karnataka) and work out a plan and programme to sit there (in treasury benches). Please have patience.”
Comments of Yeddyurappa were seen as warming up of his relations with BJP which secured a mere 40 seats in the 224-member assembly in the May 5 elections.
Whether KJP get only six seats but the its nearly ten per cent vote share dented BJP’s prospects in many constituencies in no small measure with Congress being the chief beneficiary in the multi-cornered contests.
K R Kumar had commented over the ex government of Karnataka and said that how people can forget what BJP did when it was in power. Kumar was referring to infighting and corruption.
Yeddyurappa expressed dismay over virtually empty treasury benches and the gallery meant for officials when former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar was speaking on budget discussions and accused Congress of lacking interest in the proceedings and staged a walk-out. Members of BJP had joined him in the protest.
BJP spokesman and MLA, C T Ravi, reacting to Yeddyurappa’s statement, said “at bad times, we separated. What’s wrong in uniting again in good times?”
He welcomed the statement of Yeddyurappa by saying it summed up the necessity for a united front against Congress-led UPA. A section of BJP is pushing for the return of Yeddyurappa into the party-fold.
Bureau Report
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