Under immense pressure from the Congress and JD-S on controversy over de-notification of prime urban land in favour of his family members, the BJP high command has summoned Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa to Delhi today. Party sources said, Yeddyurappa will meet the central leadership to discuss the issue. A decision in this regard was taken on Thursday after top brass of the party met at the residence of senior leader LK Advani and discussed the current situation including dissidence in the party against the chief minister who has been accused of nepotism and corruption.Senior leader Arun Jaitley gave this information to reporters after the meeting.Besides Jaitley, the meeting was attended among others by party president Nitin Gadkari, senior leader LK Advani, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, former party presidents Rajnath Singh and M. Venkaiah Naidu and general secretary and Bangalore South Lok Sabha member H N. Ananth Kumar.
News On AIR | November 19, 2010 11:05 AM
BJP central leadership summons Yeddyurappa to Delhi