Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said discontent is brewing in the State BJP following the appointments of B.Y. Vijayendra as the Karnataka Party President and R. Ashoka as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, the post of which was lying vacant for the past six months.
“You wait and see what happens in the BJP (in the coming days over the appointments). Why did Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and Ramesh Jarkiholi (senior BJP leaders from North Karnataka) walk out of the party meeting? MLAs including Arvind Bellad and others are displeased over the appointments,” the Chief Minister told reporters here.
While replying to a query on the confidence expressed by former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on winning a maximum number of seats in the next year’s Lok Sabha election, he said there is dissatisfaction within the saffron party with several leaders displeased over the appointments, including the elevation of Mr. Yediyurappa’s son as the party chief.
