State BJP chief may go to Delhi for talks on BSY

The BJP central leadership is likely to summon its state president, Pralhad Joshi, to New Delhi next week for a discussion on persistent demands by a section in the party to bring ex-chief minister and KJP chief B S Yeddyurappa back to  the party.

BJP leaders, led by Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council D V Sadananda Gowda, had met party president Rajnath Singh in the national capital on Monday and briefed him about the importance of bringing back Yeddyurappa into the party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Gowda was accompanied by former ministers Basavaraj Bommai, Aravind Limbavali and Umesh Katti, former speaker K G Bopaiah, MP G M Siddesh among others. They also met senior leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj.

Party insiders said that the central leadership is keen to seek first hand information on the mood in the party from the state president.

In June, the central leadership had sent to Bangalore Thawarchand Gehlot, party general secretary incharge of Karnataka, to seek opinion from various groups in the party.  Gehlot had maintained that Yeddyurappa has to make the first move to return to the party. There has not been much forward movement since then.

The KJP leaders will meeting in Bangalore on Thursday to discuss their next political move.