New Delhi/Bengaluru (PTI): BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Wednesday said he has explained to the party leadership in detail the alleged "adjustment politics, grand corruption and dynastic politics" prevailing in the Karnataka unit of the party.
The MLA said he has submitted a six-page reply to the notice served to him by BJP Central Disciplinary Committee (CDC) member secretary Om Pathak for his “tirade against the state-level party leadership and defiance of party directives.”
“In my letter, I have said that our party should come out of the adjustment politics, grand corruption, clutches of dynastic politics and the voice of Hindutva should grow stronger because UP, Assam, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh are now leaning towards Hindutva,” Yatnal told reporters in New Delhi.
According to him, people of Karnataka are not ready to accept anyone against Hindutva.
“I have also explained the serious cases against Yediyurappa and his family and the adjustment politics,” Yatnal added.
He said he demanded a neutral national leader for Karnataka.
Yatnal said that there were many neutral leaders, who were unhappy with the Yediyurappa family, but they are not speaking against the former CM because of internal discipline.
Yatnal is a strong critic of BJP veteran B S Yediyurappa and his family, especially his son and the party's Karnataka chief B Y Vijayendra.
He has often targeted them and demanded that the BJP central leadership check Yediyurappa's 'dynasty politics' in order to fight against the 'dynasty politics' of Congress effectively.
Yatnal along with a few senior BJP leaders, including MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi, Arvind Limbavali, Mahesh Kumtahalli, and Madhu
Bangarappa had taken out a month-long anti-Waqf march from Bidar to Chamarajanagar. The march started on November 25 and will conclude on December 25.
The march is widely perceived as a show of strength by the anti-Vijayendra faction within the BJP. Yatnal has said the march was not directed against any individual but aimed at "protecting farmers, Sanatana Dharma, and Hindus from eviction notices issued by the state Waqf Board."
However, the march is perceived as a show of strength against Yediyurappa and Vijayendra. It does not have the sanction of the state party leadership.
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New Delhi (PTI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon on Tuesday amid protests by opposition members seeking to raise various issues.
As soon as the House met, Speaker Om Birla talked about the repeated disruptions of Lok Sabha proceedings over the past few days due to protests by the members.
He said the House has its own respect, high standard and dignity, and no one should try to lower these.
"Ours is the largest democracy in the world and it fulfils the hopes and aspirations of the people. We all have to maintain the dignity of the House. But I have seen that in the last few days certain things have happened which were not good," he said.
Without elaborating, Birla said it was noticed that even senior leaders took part in these incidents, which was not good.
At this, Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal said the opposition should tender an apology for its behaviour.
"Be it opposition or ruling party members, everyone should maintain dignity and work in such a way that a positive message goes out of this temple of democracy," Birla said.
The speaker said agreement and disagreement are part of the healthy democratic process and both sides should sit across the table and iron out their differences.
He said Question Hour, the first hour of the daily business of the House, is very important and everyone should try and ensure it is held smoothly.
After this, Birla started Question Hour.
Immediately, the opposition members were on their feet, seeking to raise their issues.
"You don't want to run the House? Please allow the House to function normally," the Speaker said.
The opposition MPs ignored his pleas, leading to Birla adjourning the House till 12 noon.
The opposition's protests over the BJP's allegations of links between the Congress and Hungarian-American businessman George Soros, and the Adani issue rocked the Lok Sabha on Monday too, leading to the adjournment of the House without transacting any significant business.
The proceedings of the House were washed out in the first week of the winter session starting November 25 due to protests by opposition members demanding discussion on issues like the indictment of industrialist Gautam Adani in a US court and Sambhal violence.
Last week, the House functioned properly for only two days -- Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Thursday, BJP member Nishikant Dubey sought to draw some linkages between a foreign billionaire investor and a section of opposition leaders, and claimed an international conspiracy was afoot to derail India's success story under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi and others tried to counter the allegations levelled by Dubey, leading to turmoil and adjournment of the House.