Bengaluru, May 19 -- Karnataka BJP State President Vijayendra Yediyurappa on Tuesday mounted a blistering attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress government, alleging that welfare guarantee schemes and the "Sadhaneya Samavesha" in Tumakuru were being used as political instruments to consolidate and protect the Chief Minister's position within his party.
Addressing reporters at the BJP state headquarters in Bengaluru, Vijayendra alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was using guarantee schemes and the Tumakuru convention to "pressure and blackmail" the party high command to safeguard his leadership. He claimed the event was driven more by internal power consolidation than governance, and was aimed at projecting political s...