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Karnataka minister sacked, MP suspended for supporting Yeddyurappa
Saturday December 08, 2012 06:53:02 PM,
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New Delhi:
The ruling BJP in Karnataka Saturday sacked Cooperation Minister
B.J. Puttaswamy from the cabinet and suspended Lok Sabha member
G.S. Basavaraj from the party, in a bid to deter its ministers and
legislators from flocking to its former leader B.S. Yeddyurapapa.
The action came a day ahead of Yeddyurappa formally launching his
Karnataka Janata Party at a public meeting in Haveri, about 350 km
north of Bangalore. He quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and
assembly Nov 30.
The disciplinary action against the two light-weight BJP members
was announced here by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and state
BJP chief K.S. Eshwarappa after a meeting with party chief Nitin
Gadkari late Friday.
Basavaraj is a former Congressman. He joined BJP before the last
Lok Sabha election in 2009 and represents Tumkur, about 70 km from
Bangalore. Puttaswamy, who is a member of the legislative council,
is a former Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) activist.
Both are staunch followers of Yeddyurappa and have often been
attacking both state and central BJP leadership.
Apparently BJP hopes the action against the two will prevent other
Yedyurappa loyalists from attending the Haveri rally and thus save
the Shettar government.
The party has refrained from taking any action against five
assembly members, four legislative council members and one more
Lok Sabha member, B.Y. Raghavendra, who have actively helping
Yeddyurappa in organizing the Haveri show.
Raghavendra is son of Yeddyurappa.
Reacting to the action, Yeddyurappa told reporters in Haveri that
end of the BJP government in Karnataka was near.
He dared his former party to dissolve the assembly and face people
instead of taking action against his supporters in the party.
The assembly's term expires May next.
Though Yeddyuappa has been saying that he has not invited any
minister or legislator to attend the Haveri rally, his supporters
have been making efforts to get many of them to attend a breakfast
meeting in Haveri as a strategy to show the former chief
minister's hold in the party.
The BJP has warned that it will take action against even those
attending breakfast or tea parties hosted by Yeddyurappa
supporters in Haveri Sunday.
The BJP has a slender majority in the 225-member assembly. The
party has 118 members including the speaker. It has the support of
an Independent who has been rewarded with a cabinet post.
The Congress has 71, the JD-S 26 while there are six other
Independents. One is a nominated member while two seats are
vacant.
Eshwarappa and former chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda have
been saying that BJP is ready to sacrifice its government to
maintain discipline in the party.
The fate of the Shettar ministry, which took office in July this
year, depends on whether Yeddyurappa's supporters in BJP will
ignore the warnings and Saturday's action against not-so-prominent
party members and attend the Haveri show Sunday.
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