Karnataka BJP chief hails Yediyurappa’s leadership

Puttur: Amidst swirling rumours over the BJP leadership asking chief minister B S Yediyurappa to step down over his handling of the pandemic in the state, state BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel and minister for municipal administration K C Narayana Gowda downplayed the same in their own inimitable manner, here on Wednesday. The occasion was the laying of the foundation stone for the new building of the Puttur CMC, renovated town hall and Gandhi Katte.
Gowda, the KR Pet MLA, who laid the foundation stone for the new CMC building that is being constructed at a cost of Rs 14.9 crore, openly batted for Yediyurappa in asserting one has to learn how to work from the four-time CM. Referring to his enthusiasm when invited to offer bagina at the KRS dam, in that he had just recovered from Covid-19, Gowda said Yediyurappa doing so for the fifth time in his career showed his dedication for public service.
Giving full marks to the leadership of Yediyurappa in handling the pandemic in the state, Gowda said at the current pace of implementation of measures put in place to combat it, Covid-19 will “leave” Karnataka in a month’s time. “It requires cooperation of the people to ensure this happens,” Gowda, also minister for sericulture and horticulture, said. This remark comes at a time when fresh Covid-19 cases across the state show no signs of tapering off.
Nalin, who dedicated the renovated Gandhi Katte, a square on which Mahatma Gandhi had sat when he visited the town in 1934, said Karnataka is second in India in terms of handling Covid-19. It is Yediyurappa’s leadership that has seen the state set up 100 Covid-19 testing labs, increase the number of ventilators to 15,000 across the state to help Covid-19 patients and also ensure that every district has a full-fledged Covid-19 hospital, Nalin said.
The vision shown by Yediyurappa in setting up fever clinics across the state and giving the go-ahead for conducting SSLC and CET examinations after making a test case of the pending II PU English examination also typifies his astute leadership, Nalin said. Besides this, the CM, amidst the general economic slowdown, has also ensured that priority is given to ensuring that fast paced development takes place across Karnataka, Nalin added.