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Yeddyurappa bribed Advani to remain in office: Ex BJP Minister
Monday April 22, 2013 08:33:05 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore:
BJP leader L.K. Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka
chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office
after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Yeddyurappa's
Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) alleged Monday. The BJP rubbished the
allegations.
"I have documents and will release them at the appropriate time,"
V. Dhananjaya Kumar, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and
junior central minister in the BJP-led National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) government at New Delhi, told reporters here.
Dhananjaya Kumar, the KJP's spokesman, made the claim a day after
Advani indirectly attacked Yeddyurappa for tarnishing BJP's image
by indulging in corruption.
Advani was here to launch BJP's campaign for the May 5 assembly
poll.
"Advani has no moral right to criticize Yeddyurappa as he had used
his children to threaten Yeddyurappa and extract money to allow
him to remain in office," Dhananjaya Kumar alleged.
He said several central BJP leaders were known to take money from
party chief ministers.
BJP president Rajnath Singh and state BJP leaders lashed out at
Dhananjaya Kumar for making "baseless" allegation.
Rajnath Singh, who was in Bellary in north Karnataka for election
campaign, told reporters that the claims were not worth taking
note of.
State BJP chief Pralhad Joshi told reporters in Shimoga, about 280
km from here: "Let him release the documents instead of simply
leveling allegations and we want Yeddyurappa to respond."
Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar dismissed the charges as
"baseless" while his predecessor D.V. Sadananda Gowda said "if he
proves the allegations, we will shut down BJP in Karnataka".
Yeddyurappa, BJP's first chief minister in Karnataka, was forced
to quit in July 2011 over mining bribery charges. He left BJP late
last year and is heading Karnataka Janata Party.
Ever since he quit the chief minister's post, Yeddyurappa has been
saying that he was "a victim of conspiracy by state and central
BJP leaders".
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