<p>Former chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday made clear that there was no political pressure on him to step down from the top post.</p>.<p>At the taluk-level BJP workers’ meeting at his home tur, Yediyurappa said he voluntarily quit the chief minister’s post to pave the way for other leaders to head the government. </p>.<p>He said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is giving importance to development and made an appeal to the people to extend co-operation to Bommai as they did for him. </p>.<p>Yediyurappa reiterated that he would tour the state after the Gowri-Ganesha festival with state BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel and other leaders to achieve the ‘Mission 140’ in the next Legislative Assembly polls. </p>.<p>Referring to media reports, he said some newspapers reported that he alone would tour the state after Ganesha festival. </p>.<p>“It is not true as I will tour the state with other leaders. The tour is aimed at bringing BJP back to power in Karnataka in 2023 on its own without depending on others,” he<br />said.</p>.<p>Yediyurappa said the respective district in-charge ministers and legislators would also join him on his state-wide tour.</p>.<p>He exuded confidence that BJP would win around 130 to 140 seats in the next Assembly polls and the party would come back to power.</p>.<p>“You (workers) already know how BJP suffered setback by relying on others to come back to power,” he said. </p>
<p>Former chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday made clear that there was no political pressure on him to step down from the top post.</p>.<p>At the taluk-level BJP workers’ meeting at his home tur, Yediyurappa said he voluntarily quit the chief minister’s post to pave the way for other leaders to head the government. </p>.<p>He said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is giving importance to development and made an appeal to the people to extend co-operation to Bommai as they did for him. </p>.<p>Yediyurappa reiterated that he would tour the state after the Gowri-Ganesha festival with state BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel and other leaders to achieve the ‘Mission 140’ in the next Legislative Assembly polls. </p>.<p>Referring to media reports, he said some newspapers reported that he alone would tour the state after Ganesha festival. </p>.<p>“It is not true as I will tour the state with other leaders. The tour is aimed at bringing BJP back to power in Karnataka in 2023 on its own without depending on others,” he<br />said.</p>.<p>Yediyurappa said the respective district in-charge ministers and legislators would also join him on his state-wide tour.</p>.<p>He exuded confidence that BJP would win around 130 to 140 seats in the next Assembly polls and the party would come back to power.</p>.<p>“You (workers) already know how BJP suffered setback by relying on others to come back to power,” he said. </p>
