<p>"The governor has insulted the chief minister and there is no need for Yeddyurappa to apologise to him. Bhardwaj should apologise to the people for this," state BJP president K S Eswarappa said at an election rally here.<br /><br />Eshwarappa said if the governor fails to do so, the party would chalk out protest programmes against him after the September 13 bypolls to two assembly constituencies.<br /><br />Eshwarappa's outburst came in response to a strongly worded letter from Bhardwaj to Yeddyurappa on September 8, accusing him of using intemperate language against him over the illegal mining issue and demanding his apology.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa, responding to the governor's letter denied having made any comment against Bhardwaj over the Lokayukta report on illegal mining and said the reference was to his predecessor Rameshwar Thakur.<br /><br />Bhardwaj had cited some newspaper reports, attributing certain remarks to Yeddyurappa on Lokayukta's recommendations on recovery of money from former chief minister N Dharam Singh in a matter relating to mine leasing during his term.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa had said reports that he had targetted Bhardwaj were far from the truth and clarified that he had only referred to his predecessor Rameshwar Thakur.</p>
<p>"The governor has insulted the chief minister and there is no need for Yeddyurappa to apologise to him. Bhardwaj should apologise to the people for this," state BJP president K S Eswarappa said at an election rally here.<br /><br />Eshwarappa said if the governor fails to do so, the party would chalk out protest programmes against him after the September 13 bypolls to two assembly constituencies.<br /><br />Eshwarappa's outburst came in response to a strongly worded letter from Bhardwaj to Yeddyurappa on September 8, accusing him of using intemperate language against him over the illegal mining issue and demanding his apology.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa, responding to the governor's letter denied having made any comment against Bhardwaj over the Lokayukta report on illegal mining and said the reference was to his predecessor Rameshwar Thakur.<br /><br />Bhardwaj had cited some newspaper reports, attributing certain remarks to Yeddyurappa on Lokayukta's recommendations on recovery of money from former chief minister N Dharam Singh in a matter relating to mine leasing during his term.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa had said reports that he had targetted Bhardwaj were far from the truth and clarified that he had only referred to his predecessor Rameshwar Thakur.</p>