Bengaluru: Dissent throughout the Karnataka BJP spilled out into the open as a senior occasion chief claimed that B.Y. Vijayendra was made state occasion chief “only because he is B.S.Yediyurappa’s son”.
Although there have been murmurs of disapproval from a number of quarters, a bit of leaders is now popping out into the open to talk out in opposition to Vijayendra’s elevation.
In a video that has surfaced from Belagavi, about 500 km from Bengaluru, former Union minister and Vijayapura MP Ramesh Jigajinagi is heard saying that individuals like him didn’t even dream of getting the publish, and that he was not jealous of Vijayendra’s appointment since no such alternatives had been prolonged to Dalits throughout the occasion.
“We didn’t name (nominate) Vijayendra. Party seniors, for various reasons…may have deliberated and decided that Yediyurappa’s son must be made (state president),” he’s heard telling reporters.
Vijayendra belongs to the dominant Lingayat neighborhood. The BJP has largely sided with the neighborhood, which has put its weight behind the occasion, notably Lingayat strongman and former four-time CM Yediyurappa, for at the very least 4 of the final 5 elections.
Jigajinagi additionally raised questions of caste-based patronage of the BJP in the direction of dominant teams. “We keep supporting leaders of dominant castes, like Lingayats, by addressing them as Gowda, Sahukar and Patil. We support their growth. However, they do not support us in return. Dalit leaders do not grow to the top easily in this party. It is very sad. But we will accept this and move on,” he informed reporters.
Jigajinagi is without doubt one of the few leaders who’ve publicly spoken in opposition to the appointment of 48-year-old Vijayendra, threatening to widen the rift throughout the state BJP since its crushing defeat within the 10 Might meeting elections.
The BJP excessive command had introduced the appointment of Vijayendra final Friday, after six months of rising infighting and splintering factions in a leaderless outfit.
A number of senior BJP leaders spoke to ThePrint, expressing their anger on the appointment. Many stated Vijayendra’s elevation had shaken their ideological beliefs because the BJP at all times claimed to be a celebration that scorns dynasty politics.
The voices of dissent got here whilst Vijayendra was given a grand welcome on the BJP workplace in Bengaluru as he formally took cost from Nalin Kumar Kateel.
Vijayendra had earlier stated that he’ll meet all senior leaders of the occasion and assuage any underlying tensions.
- T. Ravi, V. Somanna, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Aravind Bellad and several other others had been stated to be within the working for the publish of state occasion president.
Vijayendra has met Ravi, who has thus far shunned making any feedback on the report as it will be “misconstrued”.
Bellad, Somanna and Yatnal didn’t attend the occasion organised by the occasion to welcome Vijayendra Wednesday. Ravi had stated that he will probably be unable to attend the occasion since he was the in-charge of polls in Madhya Pradesh.
A number of leaders have masked dissent however some like Basanagouda Patil Yatnal haven’t minced their phrases. He remained out of the radar for the whole weekend however on Monday lashed out on the occasion.
“This development shows that the present BJP is a hybrid party, not native. It seems like scrap metal (gujari),” he informed journalists in Vijayapura earlier within the week, in response to a report in The Hindu.
Yatnal is an aspirant for the publish of Chief of the Opposition (LoP) within the decrease home of the legislature. However for the reason that publish of president has now been given to a Lingayat, the occasion is more likely to think about a candidate from one other neighborhood. Sunil Kumar Karkala, Dr C. N. Ashwath Narayan, R. Ashok amongst others are believed to be among the many frontrunners for the publish.
(Edited by Gitanjali Das)
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