June 16, 2009
Shivakumar G Malagi
It must be the shortest rebellion to dateAnd B.S. Yeddyurappa has first time MLAs and their reluctance to give up their hard won seats, as well the need for the Reddys brothers to safeguard their business interests, to thank for the coup going awry The short-lived rebellion that surfaced during the first anniversary of the BJP government on May 31, was spelt out by Bellary MLA G. Somashekhar Reddy on June 3. But it sputtered and died on June 14 when the Reddys’ close aide and health minister Sriramulu said, “We have no differences with the CM and we are part and parcel of the BJP government and will strive to fulfil promises made to the people”With the announcement on Monday that the Reddy brothers were attending the Vikas Sankalp Utsav in Davanagere on June 16, the rebellion is a “closed chapter.” Insiders said that the architect of the gameplan was Janardhan Reddy who, disregarding his brother Karunakar Reddy and Sriramulu’s advice, pushed for the post of deputy CM post and the dropping of some ministers close to BSY“When the CM did not pay serious attention to our demands, Janardhan Reddy knocked on the doors of the RSS and the BJP high commandFailing that, he approached 20 MLAs whose election he had bankrolled, and asked them to resign. But only 12 MLAs including some independent MLAs turned ministers initially supported the idea,” one of the MLAs, requesting anonymity, revealed. He said most of them were young, firsttimers to the assembly“We were ready to openly claim that Janardhan Reddy is our leader. But we opposed the en masse resig nation idea that would have proved fatal to our political careers as we would be seen as destabilising a government headed by a member of the dominant Lingayat community”, the MLA admitted, adding that Lingayat vote plays a major role in winning elections in the constituencies of many of the MLAs who back the Reddy brothersThe other factor that stopped the Reddys in their tracks was the advice by their business advisors that they must play safe in politics until the completion of several projects they have in the pipeline“The Reddys could not take a chance of conducting experiments in power poli tics at this period as they need to be in power to protect their businesses and get sanction from state and centre for ongoing projectsThey were in fact alarmed at the prospect of a possible alliance between Yeddyurappa and JD(s) amid speculation that Yeddyurappa was meeting H D RevannaThat would have been fatal for the Reddys in both politics and business,” he remarkedBut only 12 MLAs including some independent MLAs turned ministers initially supported the idea,” one of the MLAs, requesting anonymity, revealed“We were ready to openly claim that Janardhan Reddy is our leader. But we opposed the en masse resignation idea that would have proved fatal to our political careers as we would be seen as destabilising a government headed by a member of the dominant Lingayat community”, the MLA admitted, adding that Lingayat vote plays a major role in winning elections in the constituencies of many of the MLAs who back the Reddy brothersThe other factor that stopped the Reddys in their tracks was the advice by their business advisors that they must play safe in politics until the completion of several projects they have in the pipeline. “The Reddys could not take a chance of conducting experiments at this period as they need to be in power to protect their businesses and get sanction from state and centre. They were in fact alarmed at the prospect of an alliance between Yeddyurappa and JD(S) amid speculation that Yeddyurappa was meeting H.D. Revanna. That would have been fatal for the Reddys in both politics and business,” he remarked
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