BJP party workers assault each other in front of party's state president Yeddyurappa

Vijayapura: BJP Karnataka President B. S yeddyurappa, was left as the mute spectator of the fight between his party-men on Saturday. The incident took place at the party Shakti Kendra Convention held at Zilla Panchayath Office premises here in Vijayapura. Supporters of Union Minister Ramesh Jigajinagi and local MLA Basana Gowda Yatnal clashed among themselves. The incident took place, when a few party-men turned up at the event, to submit a memorandum to yeddyurappa, urging him to allot ticket to a new and young candidate this time instead of Ramesh Jigajinagi, while also shouting against the union minister. Yeddyurappa accepted the memorandum on the occasion which irked the supporters of Jigajinagi, who assaulted two party workers Sharanu and Ainagouda Patil, resulting in clashes between the two groups. Source: Vartha Bharathi