Do not talk lightly of people who left their parties to join BJP: Minister

Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani advised BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal to ‘introspect before passing such comments’

Taking exception to the remarks of BJP’s outspoken leader and Vijayapura MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal, who had said that some leaders who had joined the party recently would leave after the declaration of Assembly elections in Karnataka, Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani said that the Mr. Yatnal ‘should introspect before passing such comments’.

“He should think about who has gone where before passing such comments. One should not speak lightly about people who have quit their parties and joined BJP in good faith. Being a people’s representative, he should not speak in such a fashion,” Mr. Nirani said adding that the party president had directed all functionaries not to speak about the party’s internal matters in public and action would be taken against those who would defy the leadership.