Ready to resign if BJP excessive command asks me to, however will work as Karnataka CM until then: B S Yediyurappa

In his first direct response to speculations on variations within the celebration resulting in rumours of management change in Karnataka, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa Sunday mentioned that he would resign if the BJP’s central management asks him to take action. However, the CM additionally asserted he would proceed to be in workplace till the celebration’s excessive command has belief in him.
“As long as the high command has confidence in me, I will continue as the CM. The day they ask me to step down, I will resign and work day and night for the welfare of the state,” Yediyurappa mentioned.
When reporters requested him concerning the complaints by disgruntled ministers, together with Tourism Minister C P Yogeeshwara, and MLAs towards his management, the CM mentioned he wouldn’t touch upon such remarks. “My stance is clear. They (the party high command) have given me an opportunity for which I try to use the best of my abilities. Rest is left to them,” he mentioned.

The 78-year-old additionally mentioned alternate leaders “are always present” on the state and the nationwide stage. “I disagree with claims that there are no alternative leaders,” he mentioned.

Meanwhile, BJP state president Nalinkumar Kateel Sunday termed questions on a attainable change of guard in Karnataka as “irrelevant” and mentioned the matter was “not discussed at any level” inside the celebration. Kateel, who can be the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha MP, mentioned the celebration had “unanimously” selected Yediyurappa to be the CM. “He (Yediyurappa) is our leader and has a vast experience,” he mentioned in Mangaluru.
The state BJP president added that “differences among party leaders have been sorted out” already.  “There is no rebel in the party. We have spoken to ministers and MLAs and all discords and other differences have been sorted out. Further, we will convene meetings this month to discuss if there is any dissent within the party that still remains,” he mentioned.

Meanwhile, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi denied connotations that Yediyurappa would resign from the put up of the CM saying, “Yediyurappa never said he would resign and go home. Instead, he just meant he would abide by any decision taken by the (party) high command.”
Joshi additionally lauded Yediyurappa’s efforts to include the pandemic within the state and reiterated that dealing with the continuing disaster, and never management change, was the precedence of the celebration at this second.
At the identical time, Deputy CM C N Ashwathnarayan cited Yediyurappa’s assertion as “casual”, explaining that the “party was above any person as it was cadre-based.”

Ashwathnarayan mentioned, “This (Yediyurappa’s statement) does not mean that he would step down from the CM’s post. He is our leader and he will continue to remain so. There is no room for any confusion regarding this,” he mentioned.
Governance struggling because of BJP factionalism: Congress
Meanwhile, the opposition Congress on Sunday alleged that governance within the state was struggling “due to the endless factionalism in the BJP.”
State Congress chief D Ok Shivakumar tweeted, “It is for the BJP to decide who will occupy the CM’s post. But as a citizen of Karnataka I’m saddened to see how governance is suffering due to the endless factionalism in the BJP.”

It is for the BJP to resolve who will occupy the CM’s put up.
But as a citizen of Karnataka I’m saddened to see how governance is struggling as a result of limitless factionalism within the BJP.
Covid administration can be struggling as a result of CM and ministers fear solely about their chairs.
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) June 6, 2021
He added that the present political state of affairs has additionally impacted Covid administration “because CM and ministers worry only about their chairs.”