An audio clip where Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party MLC C P Yogeeshwar purportedly says that Union minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah practises a “sort of rowdyism” to protect the saffron party’s interests and that BJP would go for an “Operation Lotus” before the upcoming Assembly polls has gone viral.
“(Amit Shah said) it was akin to betraying one’s mother. He said it in a very bad way. Amit Shah’s is a sort of rowdyism,” BJP MLC said in the audio clip.
In the last of the three audio clips, Yogeeshwar is purportedly heard saying that Amit Shah had forbidden everyone from entering into agreements with leaders from Opposition parties.
He also said that while Amit Shah speaks a different language in a public rally, Shah uses expletives to scream at party leaders in private. “What he(Shah) meant was, he would not tolerate anyone who has an understanding with other parties.”
The Congress said the leaked audio clips reflected “the fact” that BJP was a party of rowdy elements.
“BJP leaders know the true behaviour of the imaginary ‘Election Chanakya’. Rowdy behaviour is normal for those who were imprisoned over criminal cases. When leaders themselves are rowdies, it is normal that rowdies join the party,” the party tweeted.
