Basanagouda Patil Yatnal urges BJP leadership to send 'unbiased observer' to Karnataka
New Delhi: BJP leader and MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has called on the central leadership of the party to dispatch an “unbiased observer” to Karnataka to evaluate the state unit's functioning. Yatnal has alleged a nexus between former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, his son and BJP state president B.Y. Vijayendra, and Congress leaders.
After receiving a show-cause notice from the party, Yatnal submitted a six-page written response and met BJP central disciplinary committee member secretary Om Pathak. He criticised the state BJP leadership under Vijayendra, stating that the unit has “collapsed” due to “adjustment politics and dynastic corruption.”
Yatnal also accused Yediyurappa of sidelining Lingayat leaders to promote his family and claimed that workers had lost faith in the state leadership. “An independently thinking central leader will realise the ground reality in Karnataka,” he said, adding that he presented evidence of his claims during the meeting.
The MLA further asserted that the party should strengthen its commitment to Hindutva principles, which he claimed were gaining traction in states like Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. “The people of Karnataka are unwilling to accept leaders who do not align with Hindutva,” he remarked.
Pathak reportedly advised Yatnal to avoid airing grievances in the media and assured him that his concerns would be conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and BJP president J.P. Nadda.
Meanwhile, BJP general secretary in charge of Karnataka, Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, has been tasked with addressing the factional issues in the state unit. Union Minister V. Somanna, former CM Basavaraj Bommai, and MP Sudhakar also met with Nadda, who assured them that the leadership would resolve the infighting at the earliest.
Yatnal reiterated his loyalty to the party, stating, “I am a loyal party leader, and nobody can finish me off.”
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Madhya Pradesh: BJP leader assaults blind woman in Church
Jabalpur: Anju Bhargava, vice-president of BJP's Jabalpur city unit, has come under sharp scrutiny, creating the ripples of political controvery in Madhya Pradesh, after a video surfaced online showing her physically assaulting a visually impaired woman inside a church.
The New Indian Express has reported that the said incident reportedly took place on Saturday (20 Dec) at a church in the Hawa Bagh area, which comes under the limits of Gorakhpur police station.
The video footage that has circulated widely on Monday shows Anju Bhargava, assaulting the blind woman in the presence of a police officer. In the video, Bhargava is seen shouting at the woman, twisting her arm and forcibly grabbing her face. The victim can be heard pleading to Bhargava to speak to her rather than resorting to physical violence. Also, we can hear Bhargava screaming, “will be blind in her next birth too”
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According to The Indian Express reports, Bhargava entered the church, with members of several Hindutva affiliated organisations, alleging that the visually impaired children were being forced into religious conversion; But, the students present at the church have flatly denied all the allegations.
An unnamed police officer cited in media reports states that there was no evidence to support claims of forced religious conversion. The incident has since intensified political debate in the state, with opposition parties demanding accountability and action against those involved.
