Bangalore: Amid reports of dissidence in its Karnataka unit, BJP asked party leaders to maintain discipline and work unitedly and refrain from doing anything that will tarnish the image of the state government.
"I have directed all senior leaders to maintain discipline and do nothing that would dent the image of the government and the party," senior party leader Arun Jaitley, said to the reporters at the end of his two-day trouble-shooting mission.
Jaitley, who was in Bangalore to mollify leaders - including some ministers who were up in arms against the style of functioning of Chief Minister B S Yedyurappa - however, maintained that there was no dissidence in the state unit.
"There is no dissidence in Karnataka BJP. There are some minor differences. I have met and heard the views of several leaders," he said.
Party sources said Power Minister K S Eshwarappa - who had openly questioned Yeddyurappa for fielding his son B Y Raghavendra for the Shimoga Lok Sabha seat which he won - spoke against the Chief Minister in his presence.
They said the rebels pointed out some unilateral decisions taken by Yeddyurappa.
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