Three BJP leaders backstabbed me, will teach them fitting lesson: Ramesh Jarkiholi

Bengaluru: Former water resources minister Ramesh Jarkiholi who decided not to quit MLA Post landed in Delhi on Tuesday, June 29 afternoon and met several BJP and RSS leaders in the evening.

After a meeting with his brothers and family in Gokak on June 28 Jarkiholi had decided to wait for some days without meeting any of the leaders until the government filed a B-report to close the CD case. However, Jarkiholi changed his mind suddenly on Tuesday and rushed to Delhi.

He met former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the residence of a senior RSS leader in the capital and held a 45-minute meeting before speaking to media persons in the evening.

He said he had been backstabbed by three BJP leaders in Karnataka and that he would teach them a fitting lesson.

Jarkiholi reportedly appealed to the party leadership in Delhi to help him return to the cabinet by getting him a clean chit in the CD case.

He further added that he has no plans to quit the BJP party and assembly seat.

Meanwhile, sources close to him said that Jarkiholi is not ready to rely on either Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa or the party leaders in Karnataka and that is why he rushed to Delhi in haste to meet the top leadership to make sure that he is re-inducted into the cabinet at the earliest.

While denying reports that he would resign as MLA, Jarkiholi said there was no question of quitting the assembly seat.