Tuesday, November 10, 2009

In Karnataka, Sushma rules

After the truce in the Karnataka BJP, the spotlight may now shift to the senior party leader, Ms Sushma Swaraj, who has emerged a key player in hammering out a formula to bring the two warring factions together and is likely to head a committee to oversee the party affairs.

Mr G. Janardhana Reddy, who became the “face” of the dissidents during the stalemate, has indicated that Ms Swaraj, as head of the new coordination committee, would have considerable clout in decision-making affairs in the BJP-ruled state.

Mr Reddy said the panel under Ms Swaraj’s leadership would “look after all government activity”, adding that she would devote one day a month to oversee Karnataka affairs.

“All the Ministers, MLAs... whatever their problems... whole state... every problem will be sorted out through the coordination committee. The committee will look after every problem of our MLAs. Whatever the committee (decision), he (Chief Minister Mr Yeddyurappa) has to listen,” he told reporters in Hyderabad late on Monday night.

It’s no secret that Mr Re-ddy’s group — the “stro-ngmen” of Bellary district — enjoy an excellent rapport with Swaraj, ever since she contested against the Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, in Bellary 10 years ago.


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