Am waiting for verdict on demand to replace Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, says Tourism Minister C.P. Yogeshwar
The Hindu
Interestingly, no BJP legislator turned up at Kalaburagi airport to welcome him
Tourism Minister C.P. Yogeshwar, one of the frontline BJP leaders demanding replacement of Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, said that all the arguments and counter-arguments over change in leadership in Karnataka were over, and now the verdict of the national leaders is awaited. “All the arguments and counter-arguments [over replacement of B.S. Yediyurappa as Chief Minister] are over, and we are waiting for the results... Let us see what guidelines our party leaders would come up with. Just as our party leaders had given many guidelines to handle COVID-19, they would, I am hopeful, also give some guidelines on this issue. As an honest party worker, I have shared my feelings with the party leaders. Let me wait for the judgement,” Mr. Yogeshwar told mediapersons at Kalaburagi airport on Tuesday. The Minister landed in Kalaburagi on the way to Vijayapura for official programmes.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.