22.10.13

Yeddy wants to be part of NDA

Former chief minister of Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa put the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in a bind with a request that his Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) be made its ally.
In a brief letter to NDA chairman LK Advani, he said: “We request you to consider us as an alliance party of NDA and involve us in all its deliberations by inviting the KJP to its meetings.’’ Copies of the letter were sent to BJP’s top leaders Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari.
In the letter, Yeddyurappa said the KJP took the decision to support NDA and make Modi the PM at its executive committee meeting on September 19. To buttress his claim to be an ally, he said the KJP won six seats in the assembly elections, securing 10% of the total valid votes polled. The Election Commission had also recognized KJP as a regional party.
It’s learnt that National People’s Party president PS Sangma and Subramanian Swamy of BJP met Yeddyurappa and reportedly asked him to retain an identity of his own by keeping the KJP alive. The letter to Advani was drafted after Swamy’s meeting with Yeddyurappa on Saturday morning here. 

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