After porngate,BJP to teach discipline,morality to legislators

“We have decided to have the ‘chintan-manthan’ baithak on February 24 and 25 in the city. The meeting of the state-level executive would now be held in Bangalore instead of Mangalore for two days from March 1,” state BJP President K S Eswarappa told reporters.

After the porn scandal involving former ministers Laxman Savadi,C C Patil and Krishna Palemar — whom the party high command forced to quit their ministries — the BJP decided to postpone its zonal level convention planned in Bijapur and other places during this month.

Eswarappa,however,said the party would not initiate any action against the disgraced MLAs and await the house committee probe findings expected to be set up by Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah.

“No action will be taken against the three MLAs. We will decide on action after the house committee submits its report. I am confident all the three will prove their innocence,” he said. Earlier,the BJP had conducted ‘chintan-manthan’ sessions in Mysore on two occasions.

The first BJP government in south India has taken quite a beating following infighting and corruption charges.

With the resignation of Savadi,Patil and Palemar,the list of BJP ministers in the state who have made dishonourable exits in the last four years rose to seven. The present row has come at an uncomfortable time for the party,which is preparing for Assembly elections in Karnataka next year.