BJP to try and scuttle legislature session from tomorrow
Sandeep Moudgal | TNN | Feb 5, 2019, 21:06 ISTBENGALURU: A day ahead of the governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala address to the legislature, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to try and scuttle the joint and budget session.
While party state president B S Yeddyurappa categorically said the party does not intend to bring a no-confidence motion against the coalition government, it is said the legislature party meeting and an earlier meeting of senior party leaders saw the BJP decide on scuttling the session.
“With the coalition partners themselves bickering and questioning chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, where is the government in power? On what basis can it ask the governor to address the joint session? While the BJP will not move the no-confidence motion, we will try to raise a ruckus during and after the governor’s address, questioning the moral right of the government to continue,” said one BJP MLA who was present at the meeting.
After a week of rumours and speculations that the BJP may move a no-confidence motion during the upcoming legislature session, taking advantage of dissidence in the Congress party, state president B S Yeddyurappa, after a two hour long legislature party meeting, in no uncertain terms said: “The BJP does not have any intent at the moment to move a no-confidence motion.”
He, however, kept up the party hopes of toppling the government by stating the senior leadership will hold another round of meeting on Wednesday afternoon after the Governor address.
“We will hold another round of talks with a few senior leaders on our next step soon after the governor address,” he said.
On a day when BJP national general secretary Ram Lal was in town to take stock of the party organisational structure, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections this year, the BJP decided to keep the “brazzen” statements by their leaders to a minimal.
While BJP MLAs like Krishnaraja legislator L Nagendra, whose name was doing the rounds of being poached by the JD(S)-Congress, clarified that he was a loyal BJP party worker, Yeddyurappa warned the senior leadership to not make any “unwanted” statements.
“I would ask the state leadership and our partyworkers to exercise patience and not make any unwanted statements in the media. The tension within the coalition partners is reaching a crescendo and opportunity will present itself for the BJP to step-in. Till that time we, the 104 legislators, need to act as a responsible opposition and address the issues of the people who are facing the wrath of severe drought. We will tour and address the drought situation in Karnataka, while at the same time ensure that we win 22 Lok Sabha seats in the state,” said Yeddyurappa, earlier in the day when the BJP launched 14 campaign vehicles for the “Bharath ke Mann ki Baath, Modi ke Saath”.
Earlier in the day, Yeddyurappa held a preliminary round of talks with the party senior leadership including K S Eshwarappa, Jagadish Shettar, R Ashoka and others at a breakfast meeting in his RMV II stage home.
The meeting saw the leadership advice Yeddyurappa to consider creating a ruckus by disrupting the Governor’s address and later even consider disrupting the house for making the Governor lie on behalf of the government.
“With most of their schemes being based on pure lies, especially when it comes to farm loan waiver, we are going to try and create a ruckus. However, a final decision will be taken after the governor address at the meeting in the opposition leader’s office in Vidhana Soudha ,” said another BJP legislator.
The intent is also to ensure that Kumaraswamy’s budget does not overshadow the promises made by the prime minister Narendra Modi government during the union budget.
While party state president B S Yeddyurappa categorically said the party does not intend to bring a no-confidence motion against the coalition government, it is said the legislature party meeting and an earlier meeting of senior party leaders saw the BJP decide on scuttling the session.
“With the coalition partners themselves bickering and questioning chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, where is the government in power? On what basis can it ask the governor to address the joint session? While the BJP will not move the no-confidence motion, we will try to raise a ruckus during and after the governor’s address, questioning the moral right of the government to continue,” said one BJP MLA who was present at the meeting.
After a week of rumours and speculations that the BJP may move a no-confidence motion during the upcoming legislature session, taking advantage of dissidence in the Congress party, state president B S Yeddyurappa, after a two hour long legislature party meeting, in no uncertain terms said: “The BJP does not have any intent at the moment to move a no-confidence motion.”
He, however, kept up the party hopes of toppling the government by stating the senior leadership will hold another round of meeting on Wednesday afternoon after the Governor address.
“We will hold another round of talks with a few senior leaders on our next step soon after the governor address,” he said.
On a day when BJP national general secretary Ram Lal was in town to take stock of the party organisational structure, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections this year, the BJP decided to keep the “brazzen” statements by their leaders to a minimal.
While BJP MLAs like Krishnaraja legislator L Nagendra, whose name was doing the rounds of being poached by the JD(S)-Congress, clarified that he was a loyal BJP party worker, Yeddyurappa warned the senior leadership to not make any “unwanted” statements.
“I would ask the state leadership and our partyworkers to exercise patience and not make any unwanted statements in the media. The tension within the coalition partners is reaching a crescendo and opportunity will present itself for the BJP to step-in. Till that time we, the 104 legislators, need to act as a responsible opposition and address the issues of the people who are facing the wrath of severe drought. We will tour and address the drought situation in Karnataka, while at the same time ensure that we win 22 Lok Sabha seats in the state,” said Yeddyurappa, earlier in the day when the BJP launched 14 campaign vehicles for the “Bharath ke Mann ki Baath, Modi ke Saath”.
Earlier in the day, Yeddyurappa held a preliminary round of talks with the party senior leadership including K S Eshwarappa, Jagadish Shettar, R Ashoka and others at a breakfast meeting in his RMV II stage home.
The meeting saw the leadership advice Yeddyurappa to consider creating a ruckus by disrupting the Governor’s address and later even consider disrupting the house for making the Governor lie on behalf of the government.
“With most of their schemes being based on pure lies, especially when it comes to farm loan waiver, we are going to try and create a ruckus. However, a final decision will be taken after the governor address at the meeting in the opposition leader’s office in Vidhana Soudha ,” said another BJP legislator.
The intent is also to ensure that Kumaraswamy’s budget does not overshadow the promises made by the prime minister Narendra Modi government during the union budget.
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