Bringing BJP once again to power is my responsiblity: BSY

Asserting that he would complete his full term,Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Saturday said he will work to strengthen BJP "till his last breath" and that bringing it to power once again was his responsibility.

Conceding that is current stint was more "challenging",he also trained his guns on leader of the opposition Siddaramaiah for calling him a "weak Chief Minister" and giving the government a score of 'zero' for its performance so far.

"Till my last breath I will work to build this party. I don't want any positions. People know who I am," he said.

In an interview to PTI, the Chief Minister said, "I will work to further build the party and bringing it to power once again is my responsibility."
Rubbishing reports about lack of support from the central government for flood relief, the Chief Minister said, "I'm hundred per cent getting cooperation from the centre."
Citing Amit Shah's aerial survey and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman's visit to the affected areas,Yediyurppa said a study team which was sent had submitted its report, after which Rs 1,200 crore was released as interim relief
Stating that the December 5 bypolls for 15 assembly constituencies would be fought on the development agenda, Yediyurappa conceded that there was opposition within BJP for giving tickets to disqualified MLAs and said "we will decide on candidates after the Supreme Court verdict."
The then Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar had disqualified them as MLAs, ruling that those disqualified, cease to be MLAs with immediate effect till the expiry of the 15th assembly (in 2023), which they have challenged in the Supreme Court
The matter is currently being heard by the top Court
On whether BJP would join hands with JD(S) if it failed to win maximum seats in the bypolls, as that party leader H D Kumaraswamy had recently stated he would not destabilize the government, Yediyurappa said "There is no question of joining hands with JD(S). I don't want to answer it. We will complete our remaining 3.5 year term on our strength."