BJP would solve Mahadayi row if voted to power: Amit Shah  

Replying to a query on whether former Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa would get a ticket to contest the polls, Shah said the central parliamentary party will decide. “Why are you worried about whether Eshwarappa will get the ticket or not? Eshwarappaji is the most respected leader our party. Taking care of interests of party leaders is my job. The central parliamentary party will announce the list of candidates,” he said.

Eshwarappa and state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa were at loggerheads before the central leadership stepped in to end it. Eshwarappa has recently expressed apprehensions about attempts to deny him the ticket to contest the polls. Replying to another query, Shah said the party would certainly field a Dalit chief ministerial candidate if somebody of that stature comes up in future.

“Even an ordinary party worker in BJP can become chief minister. Even a Dalit can be a chief minister if the party comes to notice such a dalit chief ministerial candidate,” he said. On Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde’s statement on changing the Constitition, Shah said, “It is a dead issue. Hegde has already apologised.”