Charges of authoritarianism mount fresh trouble for B S Yediyurappa

The latest flashpoints compounding Yediyurappa's in-house problems came when his senior Cabinet colleague, shot off a missive to Governor, accusing the CM of "interference and authoritarianism"

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B S Yediyurappa | Karnataka | Bharatiya Janata Party

Radhika Ramaseshan  |  New Delhi 

Karnataka has a unique place in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) political and organisational system. Left to itself, the Karnataka BJP would love to detach itself from the central party apparatus and declare itself a sovereign republic.

Obviously it cannot because the central BJP is too invested in Karnataka to countenance such a thought. Karnataka is the only southern state the BJP confidently calls its own. The trouble is the New Delhi bosses are perennially at a loss as to how to handle the Karnataka leaders, specifically Chief Minister (CM) B S Yediyurappa, and the ...

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First Published: Sun, April 18 2021. 20:45 IST
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