<p>BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel was, on Saturday, full of praise for Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, saying that the latter had tackle the floods and the Covid crisis effectively. </p>.<p>Yediyurappa had overcome many a challenge and helped the poor, Kateel said. </p>.<p>He was speaking after inaugurating a meeting of the party’s office-bearers. </p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/the-x-factor-called-yediyurappa-the-challenge-to-pick-his-successor-1012480.html" target="_blank">The X factor called Yediyurappa & the challenge to pick his successor</a></strong></p>.<p>As Kateel described the agitations led by Yediyurappa and the manner in which he had built the BJP in Karnataka, it seemed like a farewell speech for the chief minister. </p>.<p>He also referred to Yediyurappa’s concern for farmers and how he took out padayatras to the take the party’s message across the state. </p>.<p>Congratulating the chief minister on completing two years in office, the state BJP chief said Karnataka was in the third position in implementing the schemes of the Narendra Modi-led central government. </p>.<p>Kateel also claimed that the Yediyurappa government had resolved the Mahadayi and Mekedatu water disputes.</p>
<p>BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel was, on Saturday, full of praise for Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, saying that the latter had tackle the floods and the Covid crisis effectively. </p>.<p>Yediyurappa had overcome many a challenge and helped the poor, Kateel said. </p>.<p>He was speaking after inaugurating a meeting of the party’s office-bearers. </p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/the-x-factor-called-yediyurappa-the-challenge-to-pick-his-successor-1012480.html" target="_blank">The X factor called Yediyurappa & the challenge to pick his successor</a></strong></p>.<p>As Kateel described the agitations led by Yediyurappa and the manner in which he had built the BJP in Karnataka, it seemed like a farewell speech for the chief minister. </p>.<p>He also referred to Yediyurappa’s concern for farmers and how he took out padayatras to the take the party’s message across the state. </p>.<p>Congratulating the chief minister on completing two years in office, the state BJP chief said Karnataka was in the third position in implementing the schemes of the Narendra Modi-led central government. </p>.<p>Kateel also claimed that the Yediyurappa government had resolved the Mahadayi and Mekedatu water disputes.</p>