Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP Chief B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday claimed that he has not invited rebel Congress leaders like Srinivas Prasad and Ambareesh to his party.He was in the city to attend the 63rd martyrdom day programme of Jana Sangh founder Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.
Responding to media reports that BJP has invited rebel Congress leaders, Yeddyurappa said, “An aide of Srinivas Prasad and Ambareesh (the dropped ministers) had made a courtesy call to me, I did not discuss any political development during the conversation.”

“Srinivas Prasad is a senior and experienced leader of the Congress. He had functioned as Union Minister in the Atal Behari Vajpayee cabinet. I am too small a leader to advise him. He is capable of taking his own decisions. The reshuffle of the Cabinet is purely an internal affair of the Congress party and the prerogative of the Chief Minister. The BJP would not like to comment on that. But we are naturally worried over the uncertainty that has affected the development process. I request the Chief Minister to at least now take up developmental work on a war footing,” BSY said.

“Since the BJP has a strong organizational network in 224 Assembly constituencies, it will not take a hasty decision by inviting leaders of other parties. Major political developments including the induction of leaders from other parties will take place only six months before the Assembly elections in 2018.” he added.