Yeddyurappa praises Gandhi family, slams Gadkari

Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2012, 15:31

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Yeddyurappa praises Gandhi family, slams Gadkari

Bangalore: Heaping embarrassment on the BJP, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday praised the Nehru-Gandhi family leadership and ridiculed his own party chief Nitin Gadkari for going back on his words.

"The Congress leadership - from Pandit Nehru to Sonia Gandhi - keep the promises they have made for their party leaders. This is a great quality," Yeddyurappa said here as Gadkari and other BJP leaders attended a party meet at Surajkund in Haryana.

"Till Atal Behari Vajpayee's time, this was the case in BJP also. But not now," said Yeddyurappa, whose efforts to become chief minister again or to be made state BJP chief have been rebuffed by Gadkari and others.

The Bharatiya Janata Party's first chief minister in the state, who quit in July 2011 over mining bribery charges, Yeddyruppa slammed Gadkari for making lofty speeches but acting otherwise.

Referring to Gadkari's speech at Surajkund that the "party was above the individual", he said he did not need the BJP to become the chief minister again.

Strongly hinting that he has made up his mind to quit BJP, he accused Gadkari of "encouraging confusion" in the state unit.

He also attacked LK Advani, saying the senior BJP leader was acting according to the wishes of party general secretary and Bangalore South Lok Sabha member HN Ananth Kumar.

IANS

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First Published: Friday, September 28, 2012, 15:31

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Sankar - Bangalore
Yedurappa should leave BJP and form a reoginal party.He will be humiliated if joins congress .He will not made CM which he is craving for now.And if congress takes a tainted person congress will be targeted .Congress was after his resignation he should not forget that.I am sure he will face the the same fate like Madanlal khurana and Uma bharati.The n he will rush back to BJP

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G.R.Suresh Iyengar - Bangalore
Dear Mr. Yedyyurappa you would have continued as the CM but for the fact that you have been named in Corruption charges . Now what I propose to you is to keep shut for the time being , till the Hon . Courts give you clean chit and without being told the people minus the Lingayat community will make you the CM again . And what when the Lingayyats also join .?Stop mudslinging on others . Even Mr. Moily has said NO to you joining the Congress . Why all this . Please keep a clean image . Once I had full hopes on you ,but when you started rallying behind Mutt Srees and forgot about your jobas CM I got disillusioned . Correct your self now and allow Shettar to run the Govt Smoothly .May God be with you

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Bhawani Mahapatra - Bhubaneswar
BSY shouldn`t forget the contributiion of BJP for making his career, else who knows BSY ??? He should think twice what he has give to party and what he got in return. Also he shouldn`t forget the incidence of quitting of Uma Bharti from the party. Uma was considered as a fire brand leader in MP and often regarded as the second liner leader of BJP. People of MP even forget her sooner she quit the party though she has served MP for more than a decade. So mr. BSY...don`t boost of your own. will meet Uma`s fate. History will never hesitate to repeat for betrayer.