Yeddy sounds call to discard Operation Lotus

BANGALORE: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa declared that the BJP will not resort to "Operation Lotus" a covert exercise to lure Opposition MLAs in to the BJP ranks what with the government enjoying comfortable majority after the return of 11 MLAs following the Supreme Court nullified their disqualification.
"There is no need for such exercises anymore. There is political stability and numerically the BJP enjoys majority in the Assembly. We will concentrate on how to give more fillip and dynamism to development," the chief minister said, while participating in the "meet the press" programme organised jointly by the Bangalore Press Club on Monday. He said that in future he will take steps to penetrate deeper into rural areas to provide basic infrastructure, while denying that this was aimed at preparing the party for the snap polls.