Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Aug 4: Former chief minister and state BJP president, B S Yeddyurappa, replied to former Prime Minister, H D Deve Gowda, clarifying that he is not speaking out of frustration at losing power. He was responding to Deve Gowda's claim in an interview to a Kannada newspaper that Yeddyurappa was fuelling trouble in north Karnataka by provoking the agitators there.
Yeddyurappa at the same time posed three questions to Deve Gowda and sought answers from him. The first question is - who was the person who questioned at Hubballi about contributions by the Lingayat chief ministers to north Karnataka. The second is about who made the statement at Channapattna, asking people not to vote for the lure of caste and money. Through the third one, he asked Gowda as to who questioned the revenue contribution of north Karnataka to Karnataka state.
Yeddyurappa said that irresponsible statements made by Deve Gowda and Kumaraswamy had fuelled problems in north Karnataka. He questioned Deve Gowda whether he was justified in making allegations against him instead of asking his son to correct his follies.
"We are not hungry for power. We will sit in the opposition and work there and discharge our responsibilities properly. The chief minister was expected to visit the spot and pacify the heads of Maths and agitators who were sitting in dharna, alleging step-motherly treatment to north Karnataka. Instead of him I went there and talked to him. Was I wrong?" he questioned.
He reiterated that confusing statements and decisions of chief minister have contributed to these problems.