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Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa ignores Delhi, seeks divine solace at Puttaparthi | Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has ignored summons to reach Delhi on Monday morning as directed by his party top brass and left for Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh to seek the blessings of Sri Satya Sai Baba. "I didn't have to go to Delhi , our leaders
have gone to speak to the party High Command. I believe even top leaders are satisfied.
Will see what the senior leaders say," Yeddyurappa said before he left for Puttaparthi
from Bangalore . "I am more or less satisfied with the developments. With God's
blessings, support of state and national leaders, we need to continue our work
in Karnataka," he added. Yeddyurappa has rushed a team of his loyalists, including
Acharya and Home Minister R Ashok, to Delhi apparently to persuade the BJP top
brass against a change in leadership. Shortly after his arrival, Acharya, who
is Karnataka's Higher Education Minister, told reporters, "We want Yeddyurappa
to continue. There is no alternative to him. The BJP high command has not taken
any decision". The party's core group, which met in Delhi on Sunday, had authorised
BJP president Nitin Gadkari to take a decision on Karnataka. On Sunday, Yeddyurappa
ruled out the possibility of resigning from office over the land scam issue, asserting
that he had done nothing wrong. "Why should I (resign)? There is no offence from
my side. I have not committed any mistake," he told reporters here. Earlier, Gadkari
met senior party leaders, including L.K. Advani to discuss ways to solve the Karnataka
crisis. Talking to reporters, Gadkari said: "The senior leaders had authorised
me to take a decision on Karnataka. I will talk to Yeddyurappa again before taking
a decision. The emergency BJP Core group meeting comes in the wake of a new expose
by former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy. Hurling a
fresh charge against Yeddyurappa, Kumaraswamy alleged that the latter's family
had sold Rs 20 crore worth of land and raised doubts about its ownership. He also
expressed doubts on whether the land sold by Yeddyurappa's kin was owned by them
or was it denotified in their favour. He sought clarifications from them. "Is
the land their hereditary property? Let them prove it", Kumaraswamy said asking
the BJP high command "does it have guts to sack Yeddyurappa? Hitting out at Yeddyurappa
for his statements that he would decimate JD (S), Kumaraswamy said: "Nobody can
destroy our party. It is the people who have that power".
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