Gadkari removal among BSY ‘terms’ for patchup

Nov 12, 2012 - K.S. JAYASEELAN |

Age Correspondent

New Delhi

Even as the BJP gave a clean chit to its president Nitin Gadkari in cases pertaining to alleged fraudulent funding to his companies, voices of dissent within the party continue to hit the headlines. After the Jethmalanis, it was the turn of estranged former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who has also reportedly demanded Mr Gadkari’s removal as part of a deal to remain in the BJP. According to sources, Lingayat strongman Mr Yeddyurappa has placed three conditions before the BJP leadership in return for not breaking the party — one being that Nitin Gadkari be replaced as the party chief. This was conveyed to senior leader and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley who met the former Karnataka CM in Bengaluru on Sunday. The other two demands are making him the state unit leader of the party and projecting him as the chief ministerial candidate in the forth-coming Assembly polls in the state.
Mr Yeddyurappa had to resign as Karnataka chief minister in July 2011 after being indicted by the state Lokayukta in a mining scam. Even senior leaders in the party like L.K. Advani, Jaswant Singh, Shatrughan Sinha and Yashwant Sinha are reportedly not in favour of Mr Gadkari continuing as the party chief in the wake of the serious allegations levelled against him.

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