After BJP announces poll to pick Karnataka chief, MLA Yatnal says can’t accept Vijayendra as president

It was connected Saturday that Union curate Shivraj Singh Chouhan—in complaint of organisational polls successful the state—announced the election. During a sojourn to the state, helium said the predetermination would beryllium held aft polls to the territory units.

MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal—who repeatedly attacked Vijayendra a mates of weeks agone and was asked by the BJP enactment to debar controversies—continued his onslaught connected the authorities president connected Sunday.

“We cannot judge him,” Yatnal said, holding Vijayendra liable for sending his father, BJP Parliamentary Board subordinate and erstwhile main curate B S Yediyurappa, to jail. “We cannot judge a idiosyncratic who forged the CM’s signature. Our enactment volition not judge this. The precocious bid should instrumentality this seriously,” helium told reporters.

Yatnal is the look of a faction of BJP leaders opposed to Vijayendra. A time earlier, helium said the radical would tract a campaigner for the polls. Another BJP MLA, Ramesh Jarkiholi, besides deed retired astatine the first-time MLA connected Saturday. “Though Yediyurappa is inactive our leader, Vijayendra is simply a bachha (child),” helium said.

Vijayendra’s assignment arsenic BJP authorities president had caused heartburn for the opposing faction. Two factions—one nether Yediyurappa and the different nether BJP wide caput (organisation) B L Santhosh—have vied for dominance implicit the authorities portion for respective years now.

Responding to the predetermination announcement, Vijayendra said helium had successfully led the authorities portion for a year. “I americium assured that I volition get different accidental to pb the party,” helium said, adding that helium would question enactment from elder BJP leaders for his candidature.