Day of hectic activity in Karnataka Congress, BJP
April 20th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 20 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Dharmendra Pradhan arrived in Karnataka Tuesday on different missions.
While Gandhi is here to pep up his party, particularly the youth wing, Pradhan has arrived to sort out differences in the ruling party over the continuation of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in the light of various corruption charges against him.
Gandhi landed in Hubli in north Karnataka, 300 km from Bangalore, and proceeded to Bijapur, 200 km away, for “a dialogue” with Youth Congress members. Karnataka Congress president G. Parameshwara and leader of the opposition in the assembly Siddaramaiah accompanied Gandhi.
Gandhi would visit Udupi on the west coast and reach Bangalore in the evening to meet Youth Congress workers and members of the recently re-constituted Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC).
The reconstitution has led to heartburn amongst those who have not found a place in it. At a Youth Congress meeting in Bangalore Monday, several members who did not find a place in the PCC created a ruckus. They were pacified after assurances that they could brief Gandhi on the issue.
Pradhan began a meeting with state BJP president K.S. Eshwarappa soon after arriving here. Eshwarappa has admitted to differences in the party but said the intention was not to seek Yeddyurappa’s removal.
Pradhan has been sent to the state by central leaders after Eshwarappa last month led a group of legislators “to convey to the leadership the problems faced by some law makers and ministers”.
Yeddyurappa has been accused of favouring his kin in the allotment of prime land in and around Bangalore.
Governor H.R. Bhardwaj has sanctioned Yeddyurappa’s prosecution; following this, two Bangalore-based advocates have filed five complaints of corruption and illegal land deals against the chief minister in a city court.
Proceedings in the city court have been stayed by the high court on a petition by Yeddyurappa’s son-in-law R. Sohan Kumar, one of the several persons named in the complaints.
- Karnataka most corrupt state: Rahul Gandhi - Apr 20, 2011
- BJP sets May 25 deadline for Bhardwaj's recall - May 20, 2011
- Congress launches 60-day campaign against Yeddyurappa regime - Jun 15, 2011
- Yeddyurappa faces mounting dissidence, police probe (Lead) - Mar 24, 2011
- Congress rally demands that Yeddyurappa quits - Mar 26, 2011
- Yeddyurappa dismisses talk of dissidence - Apr 13, 2011
- No plan to remove Yeddyurappa, says BJP - Mar 26, 2011
- Congress, JD-S rally against Yeddyurappa rule - May 09, 2011
- Endless BJP bickering pushes parties into poll mode (Karnataka Newsletter) - Jan 22, 2012
- Congress vows to 'save Karnataka from corrupt BJP' - Jan 30, 2011
- Hectic efforts on to save Karnataka's BJP government (Second lead) - May 14, 2012
- Jaitley reaching Bangalore on trouble-shooting mission (Lead) - May 18, 2012
- BJP takes Karnataka battle to Delhi - May 16, 2011
- Yeddyurappa arrest: Congress jubilant, JD-S wary - Oct 15, 2011
- Sadananda Gowda in Delhi, Yeddyurappa calls him 'traitor' (Lead) - May 13, 2012
Tags: bharatiya janata party, bhardwaj, bijapur, bjp president, central leaders, congress committee, congress members, congress president, congress workers, corruption charges, court proceedings, dharmendra, hectic activity, hubli, land deals, leader of the opposition, north karnataka, prime land, rahul gandhi, youth congress