Udupi: BJP state unit chief from Shimoga, K.S.Eashwarappa, inaugurating an event in Udupi on Sunday at the Hafsa auditorium, criticised operation lotus and its need, when loyal MLAs ware led astray, and honour was bestowed on those outsiders, unaware of BJP principles and policies, making them ministers was it necessary, KSE asked at the convention of heads of BJP power centres.
16 scheming MLAs had been ousted, when their real interests were known. There was a risk in their company, which led to a warning to other (106) MLAs. Eashwarappa declared that only committed and loyal activists of the party, would henceforth be issued the party tickets in any election.
Corruption was rampant and exploding in serials, and as separate events. They remained in courts as pending cases, he added. The BJP prospects in palls could not be harmed even by leaders in the state. Answering another query, KSE said that the UPCL, a coal based thermal power plant, would be protected for power generation.