Hitting back at his bête noire and former chief minister B.S .Yeddyurappa for hurling accusa tions persistently at him, BJP gen eral secretary H.N. Ananth Kumar said on Friday the party was not dependent on any individual.
Speaking at a special meeting of Bengaluru (Urban) unit of the party, Mr. Kumar said “for BJP, the concern about the country comes first, followed by that of peo ple, and individuals stand last in our party.
“Our party is not portraying any individual as is the case in Janata Dal (S). We believe in collective leadership rather individual wor ship“.
Criticizing former external affairs minister S.M.Krishna's decision to return to state politics, he said the Congress leader was forced to resign from the Union cabinet. His return to the state unit would not Dr G.the help party in any manner.
Reddy “When Mr Krishna was the Chief Minister of Karnataka, he betrayed people by releasing Cauvery water fs to Tamil Nadu and also offered an apology before the Supreme Court.
Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, however, showed courage by boy cotting the meeting of Cauvery River Authority (CRA) chaired by the Prime Minister“, Mr. Ananth Kumar added. `GARBAGE LEAVES A BLACK SPOT' Admitting that shoddy handling of garbage in BBMP limits was a black spot for the BJP government, home and transport min ister R. Ashok who is also in-charge of Bengaluru city, said the problem would be resolved before Deepavali festival.
Participating in the programme, Mr.Ashok said the . Reddy government would initiate stern action against the garbage mafia.
“We will not budge to pressure from the garbage mafia,“ Mr. Ashok added. Mr. Ashok also endorsed the views of Mr Ananth Kumar that the party would not depend upon an individual.