Yeddyurappa's actions immoral: Gadkari
Ananth Krishnan
BEIJING, January 22, 2011
But accuses Bhardwaj of working under the direction of Congress
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s actions over denotification of land and allotments to his family members were “immoral” and “not proper”, but accused Governor H.R. Bhardwaj of “working under the direction of the Congress party” by singling out the actions of the BJP government in the State.
"The BJP, and I, personally feel that denotifying the land for his son, though it is a legal decision, on the ground of morality was not good,” Mr. Gadkari told reporters here as he concluded a five-day goodwill visit, the first by a BJP president to China. “Denotifying the land", he added, was "not proper" and was "immoral."
On Friday, Governor H.R. Bhardwaj accorded sanction to prosecute Mr. Yeddyurappa over allegations of denotification of land. The Karnataka Chief Minister insisted on Friday he had the support of the BJP leadership, saying there was “no question of quitting office.”
Even as the BJP president hinted at the party’s displeasure with Mr. Yeddyurappa, he defended the Karnataka Chief Minister on grounds of legality. “Denotification of land is the privilege and right of a chief minister, given by the law. Nothing is wrong with it,” Mr. Gadkari said.
He accused the Karnataka Governor of ignoring similar actions by Mr. Yeddyurappa’s predecessors and being “politically motivated.” “Before Yeddyurappa, Kumaraswamy, Dharam Singh and S.M. Krishna exercised this power two times, three times, four times,” he said. “The Governor has never taken any single action against these ministers because they belonged to the Congress party.”
He added: “The most trusted alliance partner [for the Congress] is the CBI [Central Bureau of Investigation]. Now, the trusted partner is the Governor. They are misusing institutions and creating democratic problems in the country.”
During his five-day party-to-party visit to China this week at the invitation of the Communist Party, Mr. Gadkari held talks with officials from the party’s Politburo Standing Committee and International Department.
He said there was “consensus across the political spectrum in India for cooperative and cordial relations” with China. He also called on China to do more to pressure Pakistan, its long-term strategic “all-weather” ally, on terrorism. He said the BJP expected the Chinese leadership “to use their good offices” to pressure Pakistan to stop cross-border terrorism. China needed to understand that by supporting Pakistan on this issue, it was “supporting terrorism,” he said.
Keywords: Bharatiya Janata Party, Nitin Gadkari
Ananth Krishnan
BEIJING, January 22, 2011
But accuses Bhardwaj of working under the direction of Congress
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s actions over denotification of land and allotments to his family members were “immoral” and “not proper”, but accused Governor H.R. Bhardwaj of “working under the direction of the Congress party” by singling out the actions of the BJP government in the State.
"The BJP, and I, personally feel that denotifying the land for his son, though it is a legal decision, on the ground of morality was not good,” Mr. Gadkari told reporters here as he concluded a five-day goodwill visit, the first by a BJP president to China. “Denotifying the land", he added, was "not proper" and was "immoral."
On Friday, Governor H.R. Bhardwaj accorded sanction to prosecute Mr. Yeddyurappa over allegations of denotification of land. The Karnataka Chief Minister insisted on Friday he had the support of the BJP leadership, saying there was “no question of quitting office.”
Even as the BJP president hinted at the party’s displeasure with Mr. Yeddyurappa, he defended the Karnataka Chief Minister on grounds of legality. “Denotification of land is the privilege and right of a chief minister, given by the law. Nothing is wrong with it,” Mr. Gadkari said.
He accused the Karnataka Governor of ignoring similar actions by Mr. Yeddyurappa’s predecessors and being “politically motivated.” “Before Yeddyurappa, Kumaraswamy, Dharam Singh and S.M. Krishna exercised this power two times, three times, four times,” he said. “The Governor has never taken any single action against these ministers because they belonged to the Congress party.”
He added: “The most trusted alliance partner [for the Congress] is the CBI [Central Bureau of Investigation]. Now, the trusted partner is the Governor. They are misusing institutions and creating democratic problems in the country.”
During his five-day party-to-party visit to China this week at the invitation of the Communist Party, Mr. Gadkari held talks with officials from the party’s Politburo Standing Committee and International Department.
He said there was “consensus across the political spectrum in India for cooperative and cordial relations” with China. He also called on China to do more to pressure Pakistan, its long-term strategic “all-weather” ally, on terrorism. He said the BJP expected the Chinese leadership “to use their good offices” to pressure Pakistan to stop cross-border terrorism. China needed to understand that by supporting Pakistan on this issue, it was “supporting terrorism,” he said.
Keywords: Bharatiya Janata Party, Nitin Gadkari
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