We have to live together, says former CM Yediyurappa as communal flare-ups rock Karnataka
India Today
Amid a series of communal issues that have rocked the state in the past few months, former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa urged everyone to ensure that such incidents do not repeat as everyone has to live together.
The BJP has formed three teams, led by senior leaders to travel across Karnataka from Tuesday, to prepare the ground for the state assembly elections next year, party strongman and former chief minister B S Yediyurappa said on Monday.
Making an appeal to end the flare-up of communal issues in the state, he said Hindus and Muslims should lead their lives as "children of one mother."
"From April 12 to 24, in three teams, we will be travelling across the state. BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel will be in the first team, our national general secretary (Arun Singh) and I will be together in the second team and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be in the third team," Yediyurappa said.
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Talking to reporters here, he said this tour is aimed at strengthening the party, holding discussions with party workers for drawing up strategies and preparing for the polls.
"Such tours will continue here...in the first phase we will be travelling in three teams," he added.
BJP sources in Delhi said every team will have seven to eight members.