After an unsuccessful attempt by Yeddyurappa loyalists to break the ice with the BJP leadership, it is Gujarat CM Narendra Modi’s turn to use his good offices to retain BSY in the party. Yeddyurappa has always held the Gujarat CM in high esteem and never misses an opportunity to compare his administrative achievements with those of Modi.
Sources said Modi - whose rivalry with the Advani-Gadkari axis in BJP is no secret - called BSY on Oct. 26 and requested him not to take any hasty decision till Gadkari is removed from the post of BJP president.
Modi told a BSY loyalist that “he had requested the RSS top brass during a meeting on Oct. 20 at Nagpur to obtain Gadkari’s resignation.”
He has reportedly has sent a message to BSY that he is gathering support for Arun Jaitley’s candidature as party chief, which will ensure a better future for Yeddyurappa in the BJP.