As BJP unease with Yediyurappa, Vijayendra grows, CT Ravi says, ‘Tickets not decided in anyone’s kitchen’

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BJP Central Parliamentary Board member and former chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Saturday told the influential Lingayat community that he is retiring fromBJP electoral politics on his own and urged them not to have any hard feelings about it.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.in/am-retiring-electoral-politics-my-own-yediyurappa-lingayats-857014

BJP Central Parliamentary Board member and former chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Saturday told the influential Lingayat community that he is retiring from electoral politics on his own and urged them not to have any hard feelings about it.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.in/am-retiring-electoral-politics-my-own-yediyurappa-lingayats-857014

Continuing the attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the hijab ban, former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Sunday said that the Chief Minister had gone back on his statement after the BJP attacked him.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bsy-says-siddaramaiah-has-toned-down-posture-on-hijab-ban-after-bjps-criticism/article67672002.ece

Former Chief Minister and BJP Central Parliamentary Committee member B.S. Yediyurappa said that it is "impossible to ban Bajrang Dal".

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.in/congress-leaders-gone-crazy-yediyurappa-says-banning-bajrang-dal-impossible-details-858816

He further said that loan waivers have been offered by successive Chief Ministers like Siddharamaiah, H.D. Kumaraswamy and B.S. Yediyurappa.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/farmers-keep-wishing-for-drought-as-their-loans-would-be-waived-says-karnataka-minister/article67673527.ece

He said the Congress aligned with the JD(S) to unseat then Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/if-congress-comes-to-power-amit-shahs-warning-in-karnataka-3977614

In short, the BJP under Yediyurappa pitched itself as a communitarian Hindu outfit that promised itself as an alternative to the Congress.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/amrith-lal-writes-why-bjp-double-engine-derailed-in-karnataka-8607598/

Janata Dal (Secular) youth wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy on Sunday paid a courtesy call to former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/poll-pact-jds-muslim-leaders-decide-to-take-a-call-on-political-future-after-district-level-interactions/article67341774.ece

This was on display recently when members of the Banjara community pelted stones at the residence of Yediyurappa in Shikaripura, Shivamogga district.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/central-karnataka-bjp-lingayat-bjp-8535936/

“We will work on the path shown by Yediyurappa.

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While CM Basavaraj Bommai accuses the Congress of provoking the protest, Yediyurappa says it is too early to blame anyone.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/protests-against-karnataka-internal-quota-for-scs-turn-violent-stones-yedyiurappas-8522020/

Yatnal, a Lingayat leader like Yediyurappa, said.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/in-karnataka-house-bjp-divided-as-discontent-simmers-over-vijayendra-ashoka-elevation-9061691/