can’t afford the resentment
BJP is also seeking votes in the election in the name of Yeddyurappa, who was the Chief Minister of Karnataka four times. Elections are to be held in Karnataka in the next few months and BJP leaders are saying that the people of Karnataka should vote in the name of PM Narendra Modi and Yeddyurappa. Although Yeddyurappa has announced not to contest the elections. When Yeddyurappa was removed from the post of Chief Minister in July 2021, BJP made Basavaraj Bommai the Chief Minister, since then there were many reports of Yeddyurappa’s displeasure. Yeddyurappa’s supporters had also openly expressed their displeasure. The open displeasure gradually subsided, but the indication of displeasure from within continued to be found in his statements. Before the elections in Karnataka, BJP does not want Yeddyurappa’s displeasure and the displeasure of his immense supporters with him.
18 percent Lingayat important
Yediyurappa belongs to the Lingayat community. The Lingayat community constitutes about 18 percent of the population in Karnataka and is an influential community in Karnataka. Although the BJP’s support base is considered very strong among the Lingayat community, but the BJP does not want to leave any stone unturned. The way BJP wrote the history of victory in Gujarat, it is trying to do the same in Karnataka and Yeddyurappa is very important for this.
Yeddyurappa stronger than Bommai
The BJP removed Yeddyurappa and made Bommai the Chief Minister and Bommai is also from the Lingayat community, but no one can match Yeddyurappa’s grip. Now BJP is trying to strengthen its hold in Old Mysuru area as well. BJP is weak here and BJP is focusing a lot on weak places. The population of the Vokkaliga community is high here and Yediyurappa has a good hold here as well. BJP was able to establish its roots in Karnataka only because of Yeddyuppa’s good hold among the people of Karnataka. BJP formed the government in Karnataka for the first time in the year 2008. At that time, under the leadership of BS Yeddyurappa, BJP won 110 seats in the assembly elections and for the first time in any state of South India, BJP formed the government on its own.
place in parliamentary board
In Karnataka, the opposition is continuously making corruption an issue. After the murder of BJP worker Praveen in Mangaluru, Karnataka, CM Bommai also had to face the anger of the workers. Yediyurappa also has a good hold among the workers. The BJP is trying to ensure the party’s strength in Karnataka by keeping Yeddyurappa on board. In August last year, the BJP also inducted 80-year-old Yeddyurappa into the BJP parliamentary board. Even at that time senior BJP leaders in Delhi had praised Yeddyurappa and said that there is no other leader of his stature in Karnataka.
Bommai accused of corruption
The visiting Home Minister Amit Shah has set a target of winning 136 seats in Karnataka. BJP probably does not want to compromise with Lingayat vote bank by sidelining its leader. That is why even after removing Yeddyurappa from the post of CM, BJP has tried to woo him by including him in the parliamentary board. Karnataka is one of the 9 state elections. Elections are due in the state in April-May this year and the party is already mired in corruption controversies. The opposition Congress narrative of around 40 per cent commission allegation, pay CM, and campaign against Bommai has gained momentum; And the hijab ban controversy, and attacks on minorities have added more trouble to the current government. BJP is clearly on the backfoot. At such a time, the party has B.S. It is Yediyurappa who can play the role of troubleshooter, the only Lingayat mass leader credited with the BJP’s tremendous success in the southern state.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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