Days after he launched a month-long anti-Waqf march that apparently did not have the state unit's sanction, Karnataka BJP MLA and known Yediyurappa critic Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has been served with a showcause notice by the party for his "continuing tirade against the state level party leadership."

BJP's Central Disciplinary Committee (CDC) has served the notice to the Vijayapura MLA and asked him to reply within 10 ten days. Calling the notice "fake", a defiant Yatnal said his commitment to the fight for Hindutva and against 'dynastic politics' will continue.

"Your tirade against the state-level party leadership and your defiance of party directives and making public pronouncements and stance in contravention to party's official stand on all matters of political and public importance has been reported in media as well as by different party forums," Om Pathak, CDC member secretary said in his show cause notice on December 1, which was shared with media on Monday.

The party said it would proceed to take a final view on the matter if Yatnal fails to give a reply within the stipulated time. Yatnal is known as a strong critic of BJP veteran and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and his family, especially his son and the party's Karnataka chief B Y Vijayendra. He has often targeted them and demanded that the BJP central leadership check Yediyurappa's 'dynastic politics' for effective fight against the 'dynastic politics' of Congress.

"It is a matter of 'great concern' that despite having been issued showcause notice several times in the past and your assurances of good conduct, the acts of indiscipline continue unabated," said Pathak.  Noting his seniority and long-standing in the party, Pathak said the CDC took a lenient view on the explanations submitted by him in the past.

Yatnal along with, few senior BJP leaders, including MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi, Arvind Limbavali, Mahesh Kumtahalli, Madhu Bangarappa had taken out a month-long anti-Waqf march from Bidar to Chamarajanagar. The march started on November 25 and will conclude on December 25.

The march is widely perceived as a show of strength by the anti-Vijayendra faction within the BJP. Yatnal has said the march was not directed against any individual but aimed at "protecting farmers, Sanatana Dharma, and Hindus from eviction notices issued by the state Waqf Board."