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Yeddyurappa blocks Naidu's renomination to RS from Karnataka

By IndianMandarins- 05 Jun 2016
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yeddyurappa-blocks-naidus-renomination-to-rs-from-karnataka BJP's Karnataka state president B S Yeddyurappa is said to have done it again. Defying the wishes of the party's central leadership, he blocked Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu renomination to the Rajya Sabha from the state. At the last minute, Naidu had to rush to Rajasthan to file his papers. Yeddyurappa holds a grudge against Naidu since he believes he ganged up with Ananth Kumar to force him to step down as chief minister in 2011. Both Naidu and Ananth Kumar were part of the L K Advani group, which felt that the powerful state chieftain had to be removed because the corruption charges against him were giving the party a bad name. Yeddyurappa's supporters were behind a social media campaign that projected that Naidu had done nothing for Karnataka as an MP and instead had even used his funds from the MPLAD scheme for Andhra Pradesh

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