KS Eshwarappa quits as BJP state president
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Shimoga, 07 March 2013 (IANS): Ahead of coming assembly polls due in May, Karnataka BJP chief K.S. Eshwarappa Thursday announced he has resigned from the post.
"I have sent my resignation to the party president Rajnath Singh," he told reporters in Shimoga, his home town, about 270km north of Bangalore.
He said he expected the party to decide on his successor in three or four days.
The resignation came as a surprise though his three-year term as state party president ended in January as there was speculation that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) might retain him in the post till the assembly elections are over.
The party, ruling Karnataka for the first time, is in a bad shape due to corruption scandals and dissidence. Talk in BJP circles was that changing the party chief when assembly polls are near will only worsen the situation in the state unit as there were many aspirants for the chair.
Eshwarappa took over as state party chief in Jan 2010 after resigning from the ministry headed then by B. S. Yeddyurappa.
He joined the Jagadish Shettar cabinet as one of the deputy chief ministers in July last year. Eshwarappa will continue as deputy chief minister handling revenue portfolio.
| Comments on this Article | |
| Benedict Noronha, Udupi | Thu, March-7-2013, 9:50 |
| Mrt Eswarappa had done a good to the BJP by resigning the post of Party President. In my view he was root for all happenings in BJP for the last one year or so. He openly supported corruption and demoralized corruption. He was justifying destributing notes for voting and also justifying receiving corruption to make good such deficit by note destribution. This kindly of leaders should be discouraged at every level in all parties at all times if the generation next has to live a decent peacful and just living. I thank Mr Eswarappa for stepping down from his position as President. Had he done it before the Local body elections perhaps some hundred votes BJP would have secured. | |
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