Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Oct 5: MLA and BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal had openly criticized the central government for its failure to release funds towards flood relief for Karnataka. The central office of BJP has served him show cause notice for his utterances.

On Friday, the BJP leadership said that Yatnal's statements had violated party discipline and sought from him an explanation as to why disciplinary action should not be initiated against him, within ten days. BJP's central disciplinary committee member-secretary, Om Pathak, has issued this notice.

Basanagouda Patil Yatnal

Yatnal has been warned that if he fails to provide satisfactory explanation to the notice, he would be subjected to disciplinary action by the party as per rules. By way of response, Yatnal said that he is committed to his earlier statement and that he had spoken only about non-release of grant.

Reacting to the development, tourism minister, C T Ravi, said that he too had commented about the flood relief but he has not received any notice. He felt that it is not wrong to seek flood relief grants from the centre, but as it is a party matter, it should have been raised in a party forum and not in the public.