Says the CM, admitting that he may have hurt his colleagues with his behaviour in the time of stress.
Says the CM, admitting that he may have hurt his colleagues with his behaviour in the time of stress.u00a0
Chief Minister Yeddyurappa appears to have learnt a lessonu00a0 from the recent political crisisu00a0-- he is now acting friendly with his legislators and calling them by their first names.
Cool and happy: Encouraged by the smile on the Chief Minister's face,
the legislators suggested some behavioural corrections. File pic"Our main grouse was that he was not taking us into his confidence, and he was not friendly with us," said a BJP MLA. "Now we can see the change. He is more courteous and talks to us nicely now."
Yeddyurappa, known for his short temper, has earned the wrath of the BJP MLAs for his rudeness with them. Many had complained that he ill-treated them whenever they went to his residence with some plea or the other.
"Leave aside getting our voices heard, we were not even allowed inside his residence," said another MLA. " He didn't even know our names, and used to refuse to talk to us when we wanted to share our grievances to him."
When he sought a vote of confidence in October, Manappa Vajjal, a BJP legislator, did not turn up in the assembly, and Yeddyurappa had famously asked who Vajjal was. Later, when he called Vajjal, the latter had taken him to task for not remembering his legislator.
But, there was a surprising change in his attitude on Monday night, when he called a meeting of the legislators to discuss developmental plans for the city. He not only called them by their first names but requested them to visit him at his office with their requests or suggestions.
Encouraged by the smile on the Chief Minister's face, the legislators suggested some behavioural corrections and the main thing was not to get angry for small things.
"The CM loses his cool easily, and his enemies take advantage of that. He agreed to mend his ways," said the MLA. When asked, Yeddyurappa, who was in Delhi, yesterday, said, "After all, I am human.
I might have hurt some of my colleagues because I was stressed. I have promised them that they would see a new Yeddyurappau00a0-- I will keep my promise."
In the meeting, he is understood to have expressed his concern about the information leak from his office for the benefit the opposition leaders, who are attacking him with corruption charges.
"I am nice to the officers. But they are still going at it. I request them to be honest," he said reportedly.
Referring to the political crisis that almost cost him his job, he reportedly said except R Ashok, minister for home and transport, and DB Chandre Gowda, MP from Bangalore (North), no one was with him to convince the party high command about his continuance in the office, while requesting the support of all in the future.
