At a day-long meeting to prepare the party for the assembly polls due next year, most leaders voiced concern over Yeddyurappa forming his regional party and its impact on BJP and wanted the central leadership to retain him.
Yeddyurappa, sulking ever since he was forced to demit office as chief minister last July over the illegal mining issue has stated he would form his own party early next month and rejected overtures to keep him in the BJP fold.
Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, BJP General Secretary H N Anant Kumar, State unit President K S Eshwarappa and former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda also participated in the deliberations.
The meeting discussed the recent goings on in the party and decided to act in accordance with "disciplinary procedures", state unit Vice-President and MP Nalinkumar Kateel told reporters here.
The meeting was attended by party General Secretary and in charge of Karnataka affairs Dharmendra Pradhan, who held a series of meetings with office-bearers, district-level heads, ministers and MPs.
"All efforts are on to retain Yeddyurappa. We hope December 9 will not come (referring to the date on which the former Chief Minister will launch his new outfit Karnataka Janata Paksha in Haveri)," General Secretary Raghunath Malkapure said.
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According to BJP sources, the party is toying with the idea of slapping disciplinary action against some Yeddyurappa loyalists.
Earlier, Eshwarappa rubbished Yeddyurappa's claims that the Shettar government is a coalition ministry of BJP-KJP (Karnataka Janata Party) and asserted it is the BJP government.
He indicated that action would be taken against those attending the Yeddyurappa rally.