'B L Santosh responsible for dissidence in party', Yeddyurappa lashes out

As disgruntled BJP workers gathered in Bengaluru, B S Yeddyurappa held general secretary (organisation) B L Santosh directly responsible for the dissidence plaguing the party. The state president of BJP also lashed out at Eshwarappa for 'creating problems' in the party.

BSY said that while Eshwarappa was defying the senior leadership by calling for such meetings, B L Santosh was the mastermind who engineered the rebellion. This is the first time that the leader has launched a full-fledged attack against B L Santosh, an RSS man who enjoys considerable clout with national president Amit Shah.

"The senior leadership, as well as the people, are witnessing all that is happening. The rebel leaders will be given an appropriate answer. Had Eshwarappa sat down and discussed his concerns, the party would not face such a situation," B S Yeddyurappa said. Speaking to the media on Thursday, Yeddyurappa accused Eshwarappa of 'creating problems' in the party.

The rebel leaders' meeting in Bengaluru came months after both, Yeddyurappa and Eshwarappa, were called to Delhi to sort their differences. Both leaders were pulled up by the senior leadership and K S Eshwarappa was asked to refrain from all independent activities of the Sangolli Rayanna brigade. For both leaders, however, nothing seems to have changed. The party and workers continue to be divided between the two prominent BJP faces.

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