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Will Yeddyurappa Pull the Rug
Tuesday May 22, 2012 09:52:50 AM,
Syed Ali Mujtaba, ummid.com
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The former Chief Minister of
Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa is on a war path with his own party the
BJP. He has blamed Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, state
president KS Eshwarappa and party national general secretary
Ananth Kumar, for all the ills plaguing the state BJP.
In the past Yeddyurappa has warned the BJP several times that he
is on the verge of quitting the party. He claims to have support
of many MLAs in the legislative assembly and if he decides to pull
the rug, it’s certain that the BJP government in the lone southern
state.
The reasons for his disenchantment with the BJP is the party he
has so diligently established in Karnataka, has not come to his
rescue when he is under corruption scanner and so are his of his
two sons and his son-in-law.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has conducted raids at
Yeddyurappa's premises and also at the residences of his kin. The
CBI is searching for evidence that as Chief Minister, he gave
undue favors to mining companies who gave him huge donations to
trusts that’s run by his family.
The CBI is also looking for documents and evidence pertaining to
the denotification of land done by him that was alleged to be
illegal.
The major part of the CBI investigation is relating to the money
trail that the Jindal group is blamed for transferring money to an
NGO run by Yeddyurappa's kin.
The CBI investigation is conducted on the directive of the Supreme
Court, after a FIR was filed accusing against Yeddyurappa, and his
kin of offences under the prevention of corruption act and also
illegal mining.
There are political repercussions of the raids for the BJP. As
things stands this may snowball into major controversy and if the
powerful Lingayatas, whom Yeddyurappa represents, pulls the rug,
it could be curtains for the lotus symbol in south India.
The BJP has made Yeddyurappa to quit as Chief Minister last year
after he was indicted in a report on illegal mining. The former
Chief Minister has not taken this lightly. He has been demanding
that he be allowed to return to office but the BJP has not heeded
to it.
As the cases of corruption against Yeddyurappa have progressed,
his insistence has become more public. However, BJP made it clear
that he cannot head its only government in the South.
Yeddyurappa changed his guard and altered his wish-list slightly.
He asked the party high command to pick the Chief Minister from
his community, the Lingayatas, a powerful vote-bank in Karanataka.
The BJP allowed him to go ahead and Yeddyurappa personally
selected DV Sadananda Gowda as his successor Chief Minister.
However, in course of time the differences have developed between
them and the the two are now dagger drawn. Yeddyurappa is also
having problem with Ananth Kumar, national general secretary, whom
he accuses of harboring Chief Ministers ambition. He is also at
loggerhead with BJP state president KS Eshwarappa
The CBI raids have come at a time when the relationship between
former Karnataka Chief Minister and the BJP is nearing the
breaking point. Yeddyurappa has announced that he will not attend
the BJP conclave in Mumbai.
All this could be a trigger a drama that may be in the offing of
unfolding. If Yeddyurappa goes ahead to play the spoilsports, it
could have serious repercussions for the BJP.
The Congress is waiting in the wings to take the advantage of the
situation. One has to wait and watch how this story plays itself
out.
Syed Ali
Mujtaba is a journalist based in Chennai. He can be contacted at
syedalimujtaba@yahoo.com
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