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Five BJP MLAs hit back at Jayakumar

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BANGALORE: Five Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs on Thursday hit out at Housing Minister D.T. Jayakumar for his remarks on the transfer of power from the Janata Dal (S) to their party and said the Minister was issuing such controversial statements to cover up his deficiencies as Housing Minister.

While the BJP leadership desisted from commenting on the Minister’s statement, M.P. Renukacharya, Shivaraj Sajjanar, R.B. Siriyannavar, Nehru Olekar Chennabasappa and T. Gurusiddanagouda launched a counterattack against Mr. Jayakumar at a press conference in the lounge of the Legislative Assembly.

They said Mr. Jayakumar had failed to properly implement housing schemes and asked him to desist from advising the BJP on the issue of transfer of power. Let the Minister concentrate on his own portfolio, they remarked.

Furore

Mr. Jayakumar had created a furore in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday by remarking that Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy should continue as Chief Minister after October instead of handing over the post to the BJP.

The BJP MLAs said Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, who is the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate, was an efficient administrator. He had emerged as a leader from the grass roots and knew the pulse of the people, they said.

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