No move to remove Yediyurappa, says Arun Singh
The Hindu
The leader in charge of Karnataka says he will meet with party MLAs in Bengaluru soon.
In a bid to put a lid on the restiveness in the Karnataka unit of the BJP , party general secretary in charge of Karnataka, Arun Singh on Thursday said that there was no move to remove State Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa from his post, and that the central leadership was very happy with the work done by his government especially with regard to COVID19 management. “Yediyurappa ji has done good work and he is Chief Minister and will remain. There is no talk or discussion of his removal or anything. He along with other ministers in the Karnataka government have all done good work especially during the COVID19 pandemic,” he said. He added that Mr Yediyurappa’s statement that he was ready to quit as and when the high command would ask him to was a “reflection” of his loyalty to the party and obedience to party discipline, but it did not mean that any such thing had been mooted.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.