Former Chief Minister and BJP Parliamentary Board member B S Yediyurappa on Thursday slammed Opposition leader Siddaramaiah for demanding a ban on the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) on the lines of the Popular Front of India (PFI).
There was a demand from Mysuru region for Vijayendra to contest elections. "However, as I am vacating the constituency, he will represent it in the upcoming assembly elections," he said earlier.
A rare gesture by a politician was seen on Sunday in Karnataka. BJP stalwart and former Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa urged Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai to reconsider his decision to name Shivamogga airport after his name.
The Congress in its legislature party meeting, held earlier in the day, decided to oppose the Bill tooth and nail.
Opposition leader Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President D.K. Shivakumar reached the Vidhana Soudha on bullock carts with their supporters to register their protest against the rising prices of fuel and daily commodities.
Yediyurappa, made the announcement teary-eyed. "I am resigning from this post. I am meeting Governor Thavarchand Gehlot after lunch and submitting my resignation.
"My government has given special attention towards the development of lakes, stormwater drains, and parks in the city. In the coming days, we want all the roads in the city to be developed, we will ensure sufficient funds for it, aimed at all-round development of the city," he told reporters after his city tour.
This convention is seen as a last-ditch effort to save Yediyurappa from resigning after July 26. Yediyurappa had maintained that he has not received any message from party high command till date but he was in anticipation of their message on July 25 (Sunday) evening, and until then he would be performing his duty.
Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Basavaraj Bommai said that all those communities, which are not part of the SC/ST/OBC lists, will be eligible to apply for jobs as well as for education seats under the EWS reservation category.
The CM said that he cannot forget the love and affection bestowed upon him by the seers from cutting across caste lines for two days. "These two days are the most unforgettable days of my life, as no CM could ever boast of such a thing that when they heard the news about my resignation they came in a group and blessed me. What more one can aspire for," he said.
