<p>Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and party State president K S Eshwarappa are working overtime to ensure BJP candidates’ victory in the Council polls from Teachers’ and Graduates’ constituencies to be held on June 10.<br /><br />The polls have become a prestige issue for the two, as they want to send a strong signal to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who has decided to distance himself from the campaigning.<br /><br />The BJP has already announced its candidates for the six seats, three each from teachers’ and graduates’ constituencies. <br /><br />Gowda and Eshwarappa want to prove wrong the argument of the Yeddyurappa camp that he is indispensable to the party.<br /><br />The Yeddyurappa camp has been attributing Udupi-Chikmagalur bypoll debacle to Yeddyurappa distancing himself from the campaigning.<br /><br />Eshwarappa held a series of meetings with legislators and party workers through the day on Sunday in preparation for the upcoming polls.<br /><br /> At a meeting convened in the evening in the presence of Sadananda Gowda and Home Minister R Ashoka, it was decided to constitute a four campaign committees to tour the State.<br /><br />Gowda said he will head one of the four campaign committees while the remaining three will be headed by Eshwarappa, Jagadish and Ashoka-Suresh Kumar.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa has not been entrusted with any poll duty. Moreover, some of Yeddyurappa’s loyalists are likely to keep away from the polls.<br /><br />The move can be seen in the light of the decision taken by Yeddyurappa to refrain from participating in any of the party events, at a press conference in the City on Saturday.<br /><br />To a query, Eshwarappa said the Cabinet expansion would be taken up only after the Council polls.<br /><br />A section of legislators in the party have been putting pressure on both the State and Central leadership to take up Cabinet expansion at the earliest.</p>.<p> Chikmagalur MLA C T Ravi has even submitted a memorandum signed by 70 legislators seeking early Cabinet expansion.<br /><br />However, both Sadananda and Eshwarappa are apprehensive about the expansion at a time when Yeddyurappa has been making brazen attacks against the party leadership.</p>
<p>Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and party State president K S Eshwarappa are working overtime to ensure BJP candidates’ victory in the Council polls from Teachers’ and Graduates’ constituencies to be held on June 10.<br /><br />The polls have become a prestige issue for the two, as they want to send a strong signal to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who has decided to distance himself from the campaigning.<br /><br />The BJP has already announced its candidates for the six seats, three each from teachers’ and graduates’ constituencies. <br /><br />Gowda and Eshwarappa want to prove wrong the argument of the Yeddyurappa camp that he is indispensable to the party.<br /><br />The Yeddyurappa camp has been attributing Udupi-Chikmagalur bypoll debacle to Yeddyurappa distancing himself from the campaigning.<br /><br />Eshwarappa held a series of meetings with legislators and party workers through the day on Sunday in preparation for the upcoming polls.<br /><br /> At a meeting convened in the evening in the presence of Sadananda Gowda and Home Minister R Ashoka, it was decided to constitute a four campaign committees to tour the State.<br /><br />Gowda said he will head one of the four campaign committees while the remaining three will be headed by Eshwarappa, Jagadish and Ashoka-Suresh Kumar.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa has not been entrusted with any poll duty. Moreover, some of Yeddyurappa’s loyalists are likely to keep away from the polls.<br /><br />The move can be seen in the light of the decision taken by Yeddyurappa to refrain from participating in any of the party events, at a press conference in the City on Saturday.<br /><br />To a query, Eshwarappa said the Cabinet expansion would be taken up only after the Council polls.<br /><br />A section of legislators in the party have been putting pressure on both the State and Central leadership to take up Cabinet expansion at the earliest.</p>.<p> Chikmagalur MLA C T Ravi has even submitted a memorandum signed by 70 legislators seeking early Cabinet expansion.<br /><br />However, both Sadananda and Eshwarappa are apprehensive about the expansion at a time when Yeddyurappa has been making brazen attacks against the party leadership.</p>
