The Bangalore Metro Reporter
BEG YOUR PARDON!
YEDURAPPA THREATENS HIS DETRACTORS TO BEG FORGIVENESS!
The other day, B.S.Yeddyurappa has thundered that those who have leveled charges of corruption against him will have to come to him to beg forgiveness, within a short time. He had again proclaimed his innocence by claiming that he is as white as snow. He has also stated that he will not go to Delhi to reclaim his ‘lost’ CM gaddi.
What does Yedurappa’s statement implies? From day one, when the charges were made, he is crying from the rooftops that he has done no wrong. Even when the official documents substantiated the charges, he still stood his ground. Instead of admitting his lapses, Yedurappa is threatening his adversaries especially in his own party.
Yedurappa’s predicament is his own doing. Instead of using the golden opportunity to serve the people better after he became the CM and bringing qualitative changes in the administration, he indulged in commercialization.
Apparently, Yedurappa became the CM by procuring the support of six independent MLAs. Later, more than 20 MLAs were procured under ‘Operation Kamala’, where in, the MLAs were made to resign their seat and join BJP. Then immediately, they were either made ministers or chairman of the Boards. They were fielded as BJP candidates and all care taken to ensure their win. At one point of time, out of the cabinet strength of 34 including CM, almost 20 were outsiders who joined BJP just before the general elections or under Operation Kamala.
Through Operation Kamala, Yedurappa reduced the strength of the opposition.
Initially, after becoming the Deputy CM, Yedurappa allowed his family members to do the leg work for him. Yedurappa who was in power for the first time in life and that too as the Deputy CM, wanted loyal people around him. The political leaders in the present scenario do not believe in their followers for the fear of betrayal at an opportune time. So, it was inevitable for Yedurappa to bring in his family members to the centre stage. Besides, he brought in officials of his caste around him and the same arrangement continued even after Yedurappa became the CM.
After becoming the CM and ensuring that there will be no threat to his gaddi by undertaking Operation Kamala, Yedurappa started his poly tricks. He targeted the Congress and JD(S) leaders particularly HD Deve Gowda and his family. He was very much particular about settling scores with Deve Gowda family and that was his biggest folly. Gradually, the Deve Gowda family started hitting back at Yedurappa with Kumaraswamy taking the leadership of the counter attack.
When Kumaraswamy started exposing one scandal after another, the people were shocked at the quality and quantity of the scams. For the first time in the history of the nation, Yedurappa had introduced taking ‘bribe’ through cheques! The dealers who clinched deals with him had to deposit the bribe amount in the name of firms and companies floated by the kith and kin of Yedurappa. Many valuable BDA sites in posh localities were ‘gifted’ by Yedurappa to his kith and kins. Yedurappa’s scam studded rule made headlines at the national level and the BJP High Command was totally embarrassed.
Media too vied with one another to expose the scams of Yedurappa, his family members and some of his ministers. Many ministers came under the scanner and by October 2010, Yedurappa was in deep under trouble. Yedurappa, to save his gaddi disqualified 16 MLAs including five ministers for revolting against his leadership and won the confidence vote by a whisker. By this time, the Lokayukta, who was probing the Mining scam, submitted the report in July last year. Yedurappa was prominently named in the report and he had to go.
By then, the Lokayukta court had admitted many cases filed against Yedurappa and company under Prevention of Corruption Act. In one such case, he was forced to camp in the Parappana Agrahara for 23 days. Each and every case was held to be Prima facie positive. In one case, filed on the basis of the Lokayukta report, the High Court has quashed the FIR filed against him, on technical grounds, mind it, not on merit. Yedurappa has successfully prevented the government to go for appeal in the Supreme Court.
Ever since the HC Order, Yedurappa is staking his claim to the CM post again. He has even gone to the extent of toppling his own government but developed cold feet at the eleventh hour. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court appointed Central Empowered Committee has recommended CBI enquiry into his ‘donation’ scam in the mining scam. To put it bluntly, no CM in the past is accused of such large number of scams and corruption related criminal cases.
Despite tell tale evidences of his corruption, nepotism and favouritism, Yedurappa is proclaiming his innocence and accusing his detractions of conspiracy! Yedurappa lost a golden opportunity to provide a clean and honest administration. He had committed unimaginable scams and according to him, those who exposed his scams, are all conspirators! And Yedurappa tells them to beg forgiveness from him, the earlier, the better.
On the contrary, it is Yedurappa who has to apologise to the people who gave him a chance to prove his worth as the CM and not to misuse and abuse his position to make money. He became the CM due to the mandate of people. With all the scams painting him black, one should appreciate his guts for demanding his detractors to beg forgiveness! This is nothing but an accused becoming the judge!
And that is all!
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