Dissidence in BJP ahead of Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka
economictimes.indiatimes.comK S Eshwarappa, a staunch RSS supporter, has revolted against the party.
Eshwarappa went all out against the former chief minister and BJP parliamentary board member B S Yediyurappa after his son K E Kantesh could not make it to the list of candidates announced by the high command a week ago.
Karnataka has 28 Lok Sabha seats.
The BJP leader wanted a ticket for his son from the Haveri Lok Sabha seat, but the party fielded the sitting MLA and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai from there.
Upset over the development, Eshwarappa announced that he would contest the elections from Shivamogga against Yediyurappa's elder son B Y Vijayendra as a mark of protest against 'dynastic politics in Karnataka'.
In an interview to PTI, Eshwarappa alleged that the BJP is in bad shape in Karnataka.
«People and the workers are in favour of the BJP but the system here is bad. What is our Narendra Modi ji saying? The Congress party is in the hands of one family. Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi… the central Congress is being controlled by one family. Same situation in Karnataka. Karnataka's BJP is in control of one family. We have to protest this,» the 75-year-old leader said.
He even charged that those standing in favour of Hindutva are being sidelined, be it C T Ravi, Pratap Simha, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal or Sadananda Gowda.
«Under any circumstances, I will have to fight the election, which I will do,» Eshwarappa said.
Former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda who was initially reluctant to contest the Lok Sabha elections, has
