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BJP MLA Yatnal says he will meet PM for flood relief

PTI

Continuing his tirade against the Union  Ministers and MPs from Karnataka over "failure" to get Central grants  for flood ravaged north Karnataka, BJP MLA from Bijapur Basanagouda  Patil Yatnal on Thursday said he would meet Prime Minister Narendra  Modi and take up the matter.

"I will write to the Prime Minister today itself and seek an  appointment with him to brief him about the flood situation, Patil  told reporters in Vijayapura.

He said other leaders from North Karnataka can join him if they wish. He asked the union ministers to get to their work and meet  the prime minister. Go and do your job and meet the Prime Minister. 

You all are Union Ministers. Why are you sitting in Hubballi and  Bengaluru? Go to Delhi and get `10,000 crore from the Centre, Yatnal said.     

 Yatnal reminded the MPs that BJP did not come to power just  by fluke but by the hard work of workers like him, chief minister  B S Yediyurappa and former Union Minister Ananthkumar.

 A former Union Minister, Yatnal has been vocal against the  BJP leadership, including Union Ministers and MPs from Karnataka,  for the past few days over getting Central grants to carry out relief  works in North Karnataka.