BJP MLC A.H. Vishwanath on Wednesday lashed out at Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, terming him “ungrateful” and objecting to the alternatives made for the Cabinet enlargement.
Speaking to reporters right here minutes after the record of seven new faces to be inducted into the cupboard was introduced, Mr Vishwanath accused Mr Yediyurappa of succumbing to “blackmail” by BJP MLC C P Yogeshwar whereas accommodating him within the Cabinet and dropping Mr Nagesh and excluding Mr Munirathna.
He charged Mr Yediyurappa of going again on his promise to guard the pursuits of the folks, who had sacrificed their political pursuits to make him the Chief Minister. He identified that Mr Nagesh, a Dalit, was among the many first Ministers to resign from the H D Kumaraswamy Government. Also, there isn’t a justification for conserving Mr Munirathna, the MLA from Rajarajeshwarinagar, out of the Cabinet, he mentioned.
He took critical objection to inclusion within the Cabinet of Mr Yogeshwar, whom he accused of indulging in anti-party actions in the course of the by-polls to Hunsur, resulting in his defeat.
Mr Vishwanath additionally termed Mr Yediyurappa as “ungrateful” attributable to his failure to acknowledge even as soon as publicly the sacrifice he had made by resigning from the submit of President of JD (S) state unit and as MLA representing Hunsur in order that he might turn into the Chief Minister.
He additionally discovered fault with the caste-wise structure of the Yediyurappa Ministry and mentioned members representing Lingayat neighborhood had taken a Lion’s share, adopted by Vokkaligas. The absence of a member from the minorities within the Cabinet is evident, he mentioned.
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