CRISIS IN KARNATAKA

Since coming to power, the whole record of the party has been a continuous battle within their own party. After the elections, to strengthen your position in numbers, they resorted to "Operation Lotus", mainly to win over independents and members of other parties and Mr Janardhan Reddy was responsible fror this operation. Media reports speak of crores of money being exchanged as well offers to Ministerial posts to win them over. After a few months, some dissidents within the party and curiously led by Janardhan Reddy and a few others sought a change in leadership and Mr Shettar was projected as a Chief Minster and the dismissal of some Ministers in the cabinet. A patch up job, prevented a collapse of the Govt. The allegations of corruption against several Ministers and then even against Mr Yeddyurappa then tarnished the image of the Govt. A few legislators including some independents who had joined the party in the recent past, revolted against Mr Yeddyurappa. Mr Yedyurappa's continuance became doubtful after the Lok Ayukth's report on illegal mining besides cases of denotification to give plots to some of his coteries and family. He was to be replaced but Mr Yeddyurappa arrogated to himself the position that he was the sole leader of the BJP in ther State and dictated on his successor and other posts both in the Govt and in the party. For some unknown reason, Mr Gadkari decided to concede his demands. Mr Sadananda Gowda rather than Mr Shettar was preferred by My Yeddyurappa as the next CM and the party acceded to his request. Mr yedyurappa thought that he would be able to get out his court allegations soon and return as the CM. But he faiuled as the SC ordered an investigation against him. But he didnt rest quiet and his cronies in the Govt did not cooperate with the CM and Mr Yeddyurappa continued his strategy of seeking a change in the leadership of the Govt. and projected Mr Shettar whom he had rejected earlier as the next CM. Mr Yeddyurappa and his followers for several months carried on their opposition to Mr Gowda and sought a change again.

The main point in this narration is to highlight the meglomaniacal qualities of Mr Yeddyurppa who would not allow anyone else to run the GOvt except someone who would act at his bidding. With strong support from Mr Gadkari, he continued to play his game of unsettling the Govt to get a CM who would be pliable and suit his personal agenda. If Mr Shettar who has a reputation of being a clean politician succeeds in being effective, then it wont be long before he seeks a change of leadership to get his own nominee as CM who would act according to his bidding..He has single handedly destroyed the crediblity of the BJP Govt and the fight of the party against corruption. He has managed to inject caste politics in Karnataka by assuming that the electorate are blind and foolish to  vote the party  back to power at the next elections. With his party also playing the caste card, the only way is to vote for a clean and efficient Govt and reject every MLA who has be charged with corruption and not be behind a Govt that is internally unstable and corrupt..