Bengaluru: BJP MP from Dakshina Kannada Nalin Kumar Kateel, who is also the BJP state unit president has announced that he is not involved in any war with CM Yediyurappa to take control over the party and the government.
“BSY is the supreme leader of the BJP in the state. I will follow his guidance. There is no question of engaging in any kind of tug-of-war with him,” he stated.
Speaking to the reporters in Chikkkodi of Belagavi district, he stated that there are no differences in the party. “I talk to the CM twice a day. He is the father figure for the state BJP. All the news related to the difference of opinion in the BJP state unit is false,” he said.
His statement comes amid reports that Kateel is trying to sideline BSY in the party-state affairs.
