Announcing that he plans to quit before December 10, 2012 disgruntled
Karnataka BJP strongman B.S. Yeddyurappa on Tuesday said the process of
starting a new party would begin on Wednesday.
“I will not patch up with BJP. I am Yeddyurappa, I do whatever I say and
I have been doing it over the years. I will tender my resignation from
State Assembly and primary membership of BJP anytime before December
10,” he told reporters after performing Ayudh Puja at his office in
Bangalore.
Mr. Yeddyurappa, who has been cut up with the BJP leadership over the
party sidelining him since his resignation last year as Karnataka Chief
Minister, said he would launch his party at a public rally in Haveri.
“The process of starting a new party will begin from tomorrow,” he said without elaborating.
Mr. Yeddyurappa, however, said he would not pull down the BJP government even after resigning from the Karnataka Assembly.
Asked about BJP state general secretary Prahalad Joshi’s remarks that
party president Nitin Gadkari was making efforts to convince him not to
desert the party, Mr. Yeddyurappa said it was far from truth and no
efforts were made by any leader in this regard.
Mr. Yeddyurappa, who was forced to quit by the BJP central leadership in
the wake of Lokayukta report on illegal mining indicting him, said his
proposed party would fight on “secular ideology”.
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