BJP president Amit Shah is camped-up in Karnataka for past six days. According to sources, a luxury six-room house has been rented for Shah in Central Bengaluru, where he is luxuriously stay put. Here, the regular attendees are Murlidhar Rao, Prakash Javadekar, Ananth Kumar, BS Yeddyurappa and BL Santosh.
BL Santosh is considered as a close aide of Mohan Bhagwat and Modi. Sources reveal that Ananth Kumar is also reporting directly to Modi. BL Santosh is being considered as a major contender for the Chief Ministerial post. Perhaps, this is the reason why when Yeddyurappa is called for a meeting with Shah, Santosh is kept in the dark about it, and vice-versa.
Sources reveal that while on one hand, the BJP high command has told Janardhana Reddy to keep every possible distance from the party’s public forums, on the other hand, whenever Yaddyurappa holds a meeting, he never misses out on taking Janardhana along with him on stage. This is sprouting embarrassing situations for the BJP which sometimes Shah finds difficult to tackle.