Using seven vacancies in cabinet as bait to woo outsiders, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa rubs BJP president the wrong way and causes heartburn to aspirants within the party.

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's overture to poach legislators from opposition parties is creating a rift between him and BJP state president Eswarappa. The growing bitterness between Eswarappa and Yeddyurappa is a result of the CM's Operation Lotus which focuses on poaching MLA's and assures ministerial berths to outsiders joining his party. This is causing serious heartburn to aspirants within the party.