BIJAPUR: Arvind Limbavali, MLC, on Monday said the report submitted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State unit's disciplinary committee headed by `Mukyamantri' Chandru on the party affairs in the State, could not be underestimated.

Mr. Limbavali, who was here to participate in the inauguration of Siddasiri Pattina Sahakari Niyamita, a cooperative bank promoted by Bijapur MP Basanagouda R. Patil Yatnal, was speaking to presspersons.

On the statement made by Water Resources Minister K.S. Eshwarappa that the disciplinary committee headed by Mr. Chandru stood disbanded with the appointment of D.V. Sadanand Gowda as the president to the party's State unit, he said it was not true. That could have been the case had Mr. Gowda been elected to the post. But he was nominated. The committee headed by Mr. Chandru would continue to function till the party constituted a new body, he added.

Referring to the resolution passed by a group of ministers and leaders recommending expulsion of Mr. Yatnal from the party in the wake of his outburst against Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, he said there was no scope for any such recommendation in the party constitution. As Mr. Yatnal was an MP, only the central committee could initiate disciplinary action against him, he added.

To a query, he said there was no dissidence in the party but difference of opinion did exist among the leaders.

Many of them were of the view that the party's national leadership took a comprehensive view of the happenings in the State unit since August last.

Mr. Limbavali, who is the general secretary of the party's State unit and a member of the disciplinary committee, said the party's national secretary, Tarachand Gehlot, who was in charge of the party affairs in the State, had begun consultations with the party leaders in the State. A few of them, including him, had been asked to come to Delhi, he said.

Declining to comment on whether he supported a change in the leadership of the party at the State level, Mr. Limbavali chose to switch over to the issue of elections to the Legislative Council.

The party was confident that all its four candidates would win the elections, he said.

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