BJP is bigger evil than Cong-JD(S), says BSY

A week after snapping his four decade old association with BJP, former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday dubbed it ‘a bigger evil’ than Congress and JDS and vowed never to return to his former party. “It is 100 per cent. BJP is a bigger evil than Congress or JDS”, Yeddyurappa, who is set to formally launch his regional outfit Karnataka Janata Party at Haveri on December 9, said. The 70-year-old former BJP strongman, credited with bringing the first ever BJP government to power in the South, said in reply to a question “I will not return to my previous party under any circumstances in my lifetime”.

 

He however, did not forget to recall his association with BJP and said “the party has given me everything right from the post of president of a municipality to Chief Minister. I have also sacrificed everything for the party. When there was talk that BJP cannot come to power in the South, with the help of workers, I brought it to power”. Training his guns on some detractors in BJP, he said “conspiracies were hatched against me when I was leader of the opposition in 2004. They did not want me continue in that post. It continued when I became Chief Minister also”. Yeddyurappa claimed support of 50 to 55 BJP MLAs and 12 MPs.

Meanwhile, former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Thursday said BJP is prepared to forfeit power even if it means taking disciplinary action against party legislators who would attend former party strongman B S Yeddyurappa’s rally on December 9 “The party is not prepared to compromise on taking action against BJP legislators who would attend KJP rally at Haveri. We are prepared to sacrifice power,” he told reporters.