Conspiracy to unseat Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa? BJP MLA's big claim

BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, facing ire of party's central leership over his utterances on delay in grant of central aid for flood relief, alleged on Wednesday some people in party were hatching a conspiracy to unseat Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.

"You want one more month to go like this (without equate flood relief from Centre) and later remove Yediyurappa. This is your conspiracy," Yatnal alleged without naming anynbody.

Vijayapura MLA, who h served as a minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, also charged Central leership with colluding with "conspirators".

"If you don't want him (Yediyurappa as CM), call him, tell him that you are w 77-years-old which is against our party's policy (to continue in electoral politics), take his resignation and select a new leer. Inste of doing this, you (central leers) block relief funds and encour those who are Yediyurappa's opponents," he said.

Days after party high command served him a show-cause tice for his statements against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some or senior party functionaries over delay in grant of central aid, he appealed to party leership to summon Yediyurappa and his "opponents".

"You call both Yediyurappa and his opponents. You have capability to teach Yediyurappa a lesson if he is wrong and also those who want to unseat Yediyurappa," he told reporters in Vijayapura. Yatnal has upped ante against party leership for t releasing Central aid to flood-ravd districts of Karnataka.

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"(West Bengal Chief Minister) Mamata Banerjee gets appointment (to meet PM) but t Yediyurappa. What mess are you sending? I will ask se questions. Why shouldn't I ask m? I am also a party worker and I am one who built party," Yatnal said pointing to alleged unsuccessful attempts of Yediyurappa to meet Narendra Modi.

Targeting BJP MPs from Karnataka again, Yatnal said mere speeches dressing flood-affected would t suffice as people in distress would t listen.

Yatnal "blamed" two union Cabinet ministers -- without naming D V Sananda Gowda and Pralh Joshi -- for "wrongly interpreting" his statements before party high command that he was instigating people against m.

"I want to convey to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and party working president J P Nda that I am t against party. All I am trying is that re should t be any dam to party," he said.

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party high command h served a tice on Vijayapura MLA on October 4 for his statements against Modi and or senior party functionaries.

"Your intent, utterances and allegations against party and its leers constitute a serious breach of party discipline as defined in constitution and rules of Bharatiya Janata Party," party Central Disciplinary Committee member-secretary Om Pathak said in his tice.

Yatnal has been asked to furnish his explanation within 10 days from receipt of tice asking him why party should t take disciplinary action against him.

Yatnal has been vocal against BJP leership, including Union Ministers and MPs from Karnataka, for past few days over t getting Central grants to carry outrelief works in rth Karnataka.

On October one, he h said that Prime Minister tweeting concern for Bihar flood victims and t with those  affected in Karnataka has me people feel he did t care about state as re were immediate polls re.

As many as 103 taluks in 22 districts were affected dueto floods in August that left over 80 people de, 1.5 lakh houses damd and over five lakh hectares of farm lands completely inundated. 

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