Koppal, Dec 15 : BJP Karnataka strongman B S Yediyurappa on Thursday dismissed reports he is being neglected in the party and said he has his own strength and no one can finish him off politically.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, meanwhile, rubbished reports of differences with his predecessor Yediyurappa.
“There is no truth in the statement that I am being neglected. I am attending all the programmes,” Yediyurappa told reporters in Bengaluru before leaving for the district headquarters town of Koppal, where the party’s national President J P Nadda participated in a programme also attended by Bommai.
According to sources close to him, Yediyurappa had initially decided not to attend the Koppal event.
On Thursday morning, he said he would participate in the programme. He said there is no need for people to invite him as it is his duty to attend party programmes.
Asked if he was not willing to go there because he got an invitation at the last minute, Yediyurappa said, “There is no truth in it. I was not in a position yesterday to go there. Because there was a pressure to attend the event, I decided to participate”.
When asked whether there was any attempt to finish him off politically, the party veteran said, “There is no truth in it. No one can finish off anyone. I have my own strength. I have strengthened the party and toiled to bring BJP to power. The entire state knows this.” He said everyone knows that he was among the important people who worked for the BJP day and night. Hence, there is no meaning in talks that he was being neglected.
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