Former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa increasingly getting isolated in BJP
Even before any of the other party leaders could raise problems faced by farmers this summer, Yeddyurappa was the first to point out the miseries of the agrarian community.
Former chief minister of Karnataka, BS Yeddyurappa, seems to be increasingly getting isolated in the BJP. In a latest embarrassment to Yeddyurappa, the BJP has not included him in the political panel, which is expected to meet families of debt-ridden farmers, who committed suicide in the state.
It is a fact that Yeddyurappa has been at the forefront of the party when it came to issues relating to farmers in Karnataka. Even before any of the other party leaders could raise problems faced by farmers this summer, Yeddyurappa was the first to point out the miseries of the agrarian community.
His exclusion, however, appears to be a careful ploy by his detractors within the party to keep him out of the state politics. It is said that Yeddyurappa, who is one of the vice-presidents of the party, is upset with the development. More than 30 farmers, who could not repay their debts, have committed suicide so far in Karnataka and the Congress government is facing intense criticism.
Yeddyurappa was keen on taking advantage of the situation. However, BJP's Karnataka unit President Prahlad Joshi maintained that Yeddyurappa was not included in the panel, as he had to attend to assignments in New Delhi. Incidentally, it was Yeddyurappa, who had suggested the formation of such a panel, and shockingly, he was kept out of it.
Yeddyurappa has not spoken about his absence from the panel so far. In the past too, the Karnataka unit leaders have ignored Yeddyurappa while taking important decisions relating to the party.