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The Chikkaballapur MP mentioned Karnataka’s BJP wants collective and inclusive management, not an autocratic one-man rule
BJP’s Chikkaballapur MP Dr Okay Sudhakar has overtly challenged state president BY Vijayendra over the appointment of district office-bearers. (X @DrSudhakar_)
“They’re making an attempt to rebuild the Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP), not the BJP,” mentioned BJP’s Chikkaballapur MP Dr Okay Sudhakar, who joined the deepening insurrection throughout the celebration, overtly difficult state president BY Vijayendra over the appointment of district office-bearers.
In a candid and sharp interview, Sudhakar speaks of how the BJP in Karnataka is in a state the place solely intervention from the excessive command can management the downward spiral.
Sudhakar joins a rising faction, together with MLAs Basanagouda R Patil Yatnal, Ramesh Jarkiholi, Kumar Bangarappa amongst others who’ve been pushing for Vijayendra’s ouster.
The MP will meet the celebration excessive command on Friday, in search of an instantaneous decision, warning that the BJP will stay weak and embarrassed in Karnataka—the state that gave the celebration its first breakthrough in southern India.
Sudhakar, who was introduced into the BJP from Congress by Yediyurappa — Vijayendra’s father and former chief minister who is taken into account BJP’s tallest chief in southern India — mentioned Karnataka’s BJP wants collective and inclusive management, not an autocratic one-man rule.
The Chikkaballapur MP expects the BJP in Karnataka to perform as a workforce and “not as one particular person, one household, or a celebration run by the household’s henchmen”.
“That is what is occurring right here. One individual and his henchmen. They’re making an attempt to rebuild the KJP, not the BJP. Sadly, they need to have centered on strengthening the BJP as a substitute. And Congress shouldn’t be weak in Karnataka,” he mentioned.
The KJP was fashioned by Yediyurappa and was credited with bringing the BJP to energy in Karnataka in 2008. Compelled to stop in 2011 over corruption costs, Yediyurappa was assured of a return as soon as the scandal died down. Nevertheless, with CBI probing him, the BJP excessive command sidelined him.
Annoyed, Yediyurapapa stop the BJP and launched the KJP on December 9, 2012, to tackle his former celebration within the 2013 meeting elections. Whereas the KJP received solely six seats, it broken the BJP’s prospects in 29 constituencies, decreasing its tally to 40 from the 110 it had received below Yediyurappa in 2008. In 2014, the KJP merged again into the BJP.
On the rising insurrection throughout the BJP, the place senior leaders are upset over the way in which district office-bearers had been appointed, Sudhakar dismissed claims of mere dissidence.
“Everyone has waited for 14 months. They now perceive that below the current management, it’s inconceivable to construct the celebration. A celebration president should act like a father determine or an elder brother—somebody who takes everybody alongside, not dictates phrases. However that’s not the case within the BJP in Karnataka at this time,” Sudhakar mentioned.
He additionally pressured the necessity for the BJP to be a stronger, sharper, and extra centered opposition, constructed ‘brick by brick,’ to problem the ruling Congress. “When elections come, the BJP have to be able to return to energy as a result of folks realise the Congress has failed and the BJP can provide higher governance.”
Sudhakar’s outburst comes days after BJP nationwide common secretary and Karnataka in-charge Radha Mohan Das Agarwal held a sequence of conferences with state leaders in an try and include the insurrection.
He urged senior BJP leaders to step in instantly and resolve the disaster or danger main setbacks not simply in Karnataka however throughout the southern states.
“Except the excessive command addresses this subject urgently, south India will probably be misplaced. One should keep in mind—the 4 years the BJP was in energy had been due to 17 folks, together with me, who joined the celebration and helped Yediyurappa grow to be chief minister. In any other case, he would have retired and been forgotten. The celebration should not overlook this,” mentioned Sudhakar, who joined the BJP in 2019 after bringing down the Congress-JDS coalition in a significant political coup.
Sudhakar accused Vijayendra of unilaterally appointing district chiefs, together with in Chikkaballapur, with out consulting him. He’ll take up the difficulty with the celebration excessive command, questioning the undemocratic method during which these selections had been made.
“There’s a process, however he has manipulated and rigged it to go well with himself. My grievance is that the celebration’s due course of was ignored,” he mentioned.
He argued that an MP’s opinion ought to have a minimum of been sought. “I symbolize three districts as the one BJP MP from this area. For those who don’t even contemplate, seek the advice of, or reply to cellphone calls and messages, how do you count on to develop the celebration?” he requested.
Sudhakar additionally didn’t maintain again in criticising Vijayendra’s management, highlighting a significant belief deficit within the Karnataka BJP.
“You possibly can’t perform in politics with out belief. The DNA of any political system is belief. If a frontrunner lacks belief, how will he construct a celebration?” he questioned. He warned that if elections had been held now, the BJP would wrestle to win sufficient seats to return to energy.
“Except the excessive command realises the bottom actuality and fixes these points quickly, the BJP’s future in Karnataka doesn’t look promising,” Sudhakar mentioned.
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