We will take Yatnal into confidence, everything will be fine in K'taka BJP: BY Vijayendra
Bengaluru: Amid resentment within, among a section of leaders, over his appointment as Karnataka BJP president, B Y Vijayendra on Sunday said, everything will be fine, and every one including senior party MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who is upset, will be taken into confidence.
He said, everyone in the party has the freedom to express their opinion and that the BJP's central leadership and seniors in the state unit will discuss and find a solution to all issues internally.
''You are interpreting senior leader Yatnal's statements wrongly. He has freedom to express his opinion. This is BJP, a national party. Every leader has his own opinion and based on everyone's opinion our central leadership will decide,'' Vijayendra said in response to a question on disgruntlement within the party, citing Yatnal's public statements.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, ''I'm not denying that Yatnal might have made certain statements out of pain. He might have shared certain issues, but our central leadership and seniors in the state will discuss and will try to find an answer. We will take him into confidence.'' To a question about senior MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi's alleged disgruntlement, he said, ''All is fine, everything will be fine, nothing to worry.'' Yatnal made his displeasure over the elevation of Yediyurappa's son Vijayendra as state president, known, as he struck a discordant note saying that the party workers and the Hindu activists would not accept it if BJP becomes a party of one family, in an apparent reference to Yediyurappa and his family.
Yatnal, along with Ramesh Jarkiholi, had walked out of the BJP legislature party meeting on Friday even before it commenced to elect senior MLA R Ashoka, as its new leader, who would also be the leader of the opposition in the Legislative Assembly.
Yatnal, ahead of the meeting, had demanded that the leader of the opposition in the assembly should be from North Karnataka.
Asked about certain criticism regarding the election of the Leader of the Opposition in the assembly dubbing Ashoka as ''incapable'', Vijayendra said, ''Who is how much incapable and who has how much capability, will be decided by the people in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, not the ruling party or others.''
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Punishment for those disrupting assembly proceedings, warns Speaker UT Khader
Belagavi: Speaker U.T. Khader on Friday warned that members who disrupt Assembly proceedings by talking in their seats during debates will be made to sit in the House for an entire day as a disciplinary measure.
The warning came after the Question Hour, when Deputy Leader of the Opposition Arvind Bellad was permitted to initiate a discussion on the development of North Karnataka.
At this point, expelled BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal objected, stating that he had been seeking a debate for the past three days but had not been given an opportunity.
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Responding to the objection, Speaker Khader said Bellad had already been granted permission and assured Yatnal that he would be allowed to speak at the next opportunity. He noted that even as a serious discussion was underway, several MLAs were speaking among themselves with their microphones on, disrupting the proceedings.
Expressing displeasure over the conduct of members, Khader likened the situation to football, where players receive red, yellow, or white cards for violations. Similarly, he said, the Assembly issues warning cards to members who disturb the House. If they fail to correct themselves despite repeated warnings, they would be required to remain seated in the Assembly hall for a full day as punishment, he stated.
