<p>Senior BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa today said he did not need the support of party central leadership but only required public backing to become chief minister once again.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I don't need the support of party central leadership but require only public backing to become chief minister once again," he said at a public rally at Hirekerur, 30 km from here.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa said if he became CM again, he would make Karnataka a model state in the country, adding, "some leaders within the party conspired against me to bring me down from the chief minister's post".<br /><br />Referring to 'Operation Lotus' launched to increase the BJP strength in the Assembly, Yeddyurappa said the party resorted to it for the welfare of the state.<br /><br />"Without Operation Lotus, BJP would have lost. JDS or Congress would have ruled the state which could have not augured well for the state," he added.</p>
<p>Senior BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa today said he did not need the support of party central leadership but only required public backing to become chief minister once again.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I don't need the support of party central leadership but require only public backing to become chief minister once again," he said at a public rally at Hirekerur, 30 km from here.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa said if he became CM again, he would make Karnataka a model state in the country, adding, "some leaders within the party conspired against me to bring me down from the chief minister's post".<br /><br />Referring to 'Operation Lotus' launched to increase the BJP strength in the Assembly, Yeddyurappa said the party resorted to it for the welfare of the state.<br /><br />"Without Operation Lotus, BJP would have lost. JDS or Congress would have ruled the state which could have not augured well for the state," he added.</p>