Goal is to bring BJP to power in State: BSY

 Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa expressed happiness after getting relief in the land denotification case and said that his goal is to bring the BJP to power in the State.

Yeddyurappa said he was happy that the High Court quashed all 15 FIRs filed against him in connection with denotification of land in and around Bengaluru. The only goal now is to bring the BJP back to power in Karnataka, he added.

He said people had made baseless allegations against him and he did not violate any norms. All chief ministers have denotified lands in the past, he said. He said that he is not eyeing a berth in the Union Cabinet. When questioned on the State BJP president post, he said it is left to the party leaders to take a call in this regard.

About the recently concluded MLC elections, he said that it was quite natural for voters to back the ruling party. But the pro-Congress wave is not eternal. Money power seems to have played a major role in the victory of Congress in the Shivamogga constituency. But this is not a healthy trend, he said.