Sadananda Gowda declines to comment on audio discussing removal of Karnataka BJP chief Vijayendra

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Monday declined to comment on a purported audio doing rounds where he is discussing removing B Y Vijayendra from the BJP state president's post.

Gowda said he will not comment on the audio.

"No comments regarding this. The audio and video, which are not mine, I will not reply," he told reporters.


Gowda, who was a Cabinet Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, said the media should find out the truth whether it is an AI creation or something else.

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"Since I don't know what the audio is about I will not comment," he added.

According to him, some "Payment TV channels" could be behind it.

The former chief minister said this was a major issue.

Noting that he was hurt by this campaign, Gowda said that he does not know who exactly was behind the audio.

In the purported video, the former CM is heard saying, "He (Vijayendra) is completing his three year term by November. Sir, it's just two months. Why should we create one more confusion? If you create the confusion again, the team of Vijayendra will slowly, smoothly...."

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Gowda purportedly adds, "In two months we should push on this, and we should send him out."

Further, his purported voice says, "When his term is also over (in the next two months), nobody can complain against the removal of the president, and even here also there may not be any confusion inside the party... So starting from July, August, September, October, kick him out."