Protesting the ‘ill treatment’ meted out to him by the party leadership, former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has decided to skip the BJP national executive and council meetings.
The three-day meet will begin Wednesday at Surajkund in Haryana. These meetings are crucial in finalising the candidate for the state BJP president’s post.
Yeddyurappa has been venting his ire against a section of the state and national BJP leaders for “sidelining” him in the party affairs.
The Lingayat strongman had adopted similar tactics by deciding to boycott the previous national executive held at Mumbai in May. However, he changed his mind following talks with senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley.
“He might repeat the same this time too,” a party insider said.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, his deputy and state president K S Eshwarappa, former minister C H Vijayashankar, Ministers Sureshkumar, Govind Karjol and KSPCB chairman Vamanacharya are leaving for Haryana on a special flight on Wednesday morning to attend the meeting.
In addition, 15 office bearers of the state BJP are expected to attend the national council meeting to be held in Haryana from Thursday.
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