Daijiworld Media Network- Bengaluru (RJP)
Bengaluru, Jan 29: BJP senior leaders B S Yeddyurappa and K S Eshwarappa reached Bengaluru from New Delhi on Saturday January 28 on the same flight, a day after BJP national president Amit Shah brokered peace between them. Both of them, who did not see eye for many weeks, looked happy in each other’s company.
Speaking to media at the Kempegowda International Airport here, Yeddyurappa and Eshwarappa said that they will drop all prestige issues and work together for the party. The leaders also said that they were ready to apologize to the party workers for the confusion caused by the rift between them.
Amit Shah on Friday worked out a peace formula to resolve the differences between Yeddyurappa and Eshwarappa. ‘Both the leaders will address rallies jointly to mobilize support of backward classes and Dalits’ says the peace formula partly.
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Yeddyurappa said he will tour the state with Eshwarappa and work towards the agenda set by the BJP national president to make Karnataka ‘Congress- free.’
Yeddyurappa added that former minister B J Puttaswamy will continue as the president of the OBC Morcha of the party, while Eshwarappa will be overall in-charge of the forum.
“There was some confusion in the appointment of presidents and office-bearers of the party in some districts and it will be sorted out soon.” Yeddyurappa said.
“I will strive to make Yeddyurappa the chief minister of the state,” Eshwarappa said.
Eshwarappa also added that he or any other BJP leader will not associate themselves with the Rayanna Brigade.
Meanwhile Rayanna Brigade president K Virupakshappa said, “I do not want to comment now. We will talk to Eshwarappa and decide on our next step.”