Congress charge that I was removed from CM post by my leadership is false and baseless: Yediyurappa

“I resigned from the post of Chief Minister of my own volition. I was not removed by the BJP leadership,” the former Chief Minister and BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa said in Belagavi on Thursday.

“I resigned from the post of Chief Minister of my own volition. I was not removed by the BJP leadership,” the former Chief Minister and BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa said in Belagavi on Thursday.

He told journalists before a meeting of party workers that allegations being made by some Congress leaders that the BJP high command had removed him from the post are false and baseless.

“Who said that the BJP high command removed me from the Chief Minister’s post? I resigned on my own. My decision was based on the overall well-being of the party and to become a model for others by withdrawing from electoral politics after a certain age,” he said.

Later, he addressed a campaign meeting in Belagavi North constituency.

He asked party workers to campaign in unison, for the party candidate Ravi Patil. He asked them not to waste time discussing about the party’s strategy about choosing or dropping candidates. He said that Member of Legislative Assembly Anil Benake is working actively in Dr. Patil’s election campaign, despite not being re-nominated from Belagavi North.

He also praised the loyalty of workers Murughendragouda Patil and Dhananjay Pawar, who are working for the party, though their claims for party ticket have not been honoured.

Mr. Yediyurappa asked party workers to defeat all those who defected recently. “Leaders Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi have stabbed the BJP in the back. They should be defeated to send a message to those who are not loyal to the party,” he said.