<p>"I will devote utmost attention towards improving administration and people should feel the change in the new year themselves", he told reporters here.<br />"The whole of last year was an 'agni pareeksha' (fire-test) for me. The opposition made baseless and reckless allegations", he said but did not refer to the dissidence campaign led by Tourism Minister G Janardhana Reddy.<br /><br />The crisis, in October-November last, was defused with the party central leadership working out a compromise formula between the warring factions.<br />Yeddyurappa said he would convene a meeting of the BJP's Legislature Party on January 4 to seek the support of legislators and party MPs.<br />Yeddyurappa, heading the first BJP government in the south, firmly ruled out treading a confrontational path with the centre.<br />Yeddyurappa said he would appeal to the opposition to cooperate with the government in boosting development programmes. The state has spent Rs 1300 crore under NREGP.<br /><br />"We want to achieve a target of at least Rs 3,000 crore this year. Government will work with more commitment to ensure that farmers problems are redressed and allocation earmarked for SC/ST welfare is spent", he said.</p>
<p>"I will devote utmost attention towards improving administration and people should feel the change in the new year themselves", he told reporters here.<br />"The whole of last year was an 'agni pareeksha' (fire-test) for me. The opposition made baseless and reckless allegations", he said but did not refer to the dissidence campaign led by Tourism Minister G Janardhana Reddy.<br /><br />The crisis, in October-November last, was defused with the party central leadership working out a compromise formula between the warring factions.<br />Yeddyurappa said he would convene a meeting of the BJP's Legislature Party on January 4 to seek the support of legislators and party MPs.<br />Yeddyurappa, heading the first BJP government in the south, firmly ruled out treading a confrontational path with the centre.<br />Yeddyurappa said he would appeal to the opposition to cooperate with the government in boosting development programmes. The state has spent Rs 1300 crore under NREGP.<br /><br />"We want to achieve a target of at least Rs 3,000 crore this year. Government will work with more commitment to ensure that farmers problems are redressed and allocation earmarked for SC/ST welfare is spent", he said.</p>