What after six months?

Sriramulu is prominent among the Bellary mine owners, who rebelled against Yeddyurappa's leadership and demanded that the high command should replace him with Speaker Jagadish Shettar.

“Yeddyurappa will continue as CM as of now. Let us see what happens in future,” he stated.

Asked if all demands of the rebels had been fulfiled, he said: “The issues are being discussed. Party high command will take an appropriate decision.” He, however, said the misunderstanding between the CM and them (Sriramulu and the Reddy brothers) over construction of houses for the flood-victims had been resolved. “We will construct houses together,” he said.