DAVANAGERE: A day after BJP went offensive against him, former chief minister BS Yeddyrappa went a step backward by apologizing to BJP patriarch LK Advani.
Yeddyurappa, who is all set to quit the party, apologized to Advani after participating 'kalasarohana' of Sri Ranganatha swamy temple at Kunkova village, Honnali taluk in Davanagere district on Monday.
Yeddyurappa on Saturday made anti-Advani slogans by stating "down down Advani", today he retracted and maintained that it was it was "slip of the tongue" and accidently spelt Advani name while making anti-Ananth Kumar slogans.
"Both Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Advani are like my two eyes. I should not have made remarks against Advani. It's a big mistake and I regret for it. I was upset on Ananth Kumar as he was responsible for my down fall by bad mouthing against me with Advani. Accidently Advani's name was spelt along while making anti-Kumar statement. I apologize for it," Yeddyurappa told reporters.
Yeddyurappa in the same district had said that when he was in jail for 24-days last year, Advani said that the BJP government led by him was number one in corruption in the country, which hurt him badly. "Advani, who had visited Bangalore when I was in power, had leveled corruption charges against me. When I was in jail, Advani let me down," the former CM said.
He also leveled charges against Kumar alleging that he had sold the government-owned hotel Ashok in Bangalore for just Rs 1,000 crore and also was involved in Rs 18,000 crore HUDCO scam.
Yeddyurappa's statement was taken seriously by the BJP. Although the party remained silent against Lingayat leader, despite his series of BJP bashing, it officially for the first time launched attack on him on Sunday by stating the party came to power on ideology, not by efforts of any individual.
Directed against Yeddyurappa, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said that people everywhere always support ideology, not individuals. "Even in Karnataka people will stand with," he said. Maintaining that BJP has given all the support to Yeddyurappa, Naidu said if Yeddyurappa wants to form his party it is his choice. Upset with BJP, the former CM is all set to launch Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) on December 9 at Haveri, about 350km from Bangalore.
Meanwhile state BJP president K S Eshwarappa in Bellary said the question of dissolving assembly would not arise at all as the BJP would complete its full term. "I don't see great number of BJP legislators or MPs joining KJP. Only handful of them might go. This any way won't affect functioning of the government. BJP government will complete its full term," he said. Attacking Yeddyurappa, Eshwarappa in Chitradurga said that the former CM should know that he is just a MLA, not chief minister anymore and should follow protocol.
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