Shobha versus the Swamiji

Updated On: 13 October, 2009 08:49 AM IST | | B V Shiva Shankar

Kodi Mutt pontiff says he made everything right between CM Yeddy and his right hand woman Shobha Karandlaje after hiccup last year, but she has been ungrateful

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Kodi Mutt pontiff says he made everything right between CM Yeddy and his right hand woman Shobha Karandlaje after hiccup last year, but she has been ungrateful

The pontiff of Kodi Mutt is miffed with Rural Development Minister Shobha Karandlaje. Apparently, after he cleared her path to the top using his influence over the Chief Minister to prevent a rival of hers from coming too close to him, the seer is being cold-shouldered by her.

Film star Shruthi had for some time succeeded in gaining ground with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa after the BJP came to power in the state last year. And Karandlaje, known to be a good friend of Yediyurappa, made a beeline for Sri Shivananda Bharathi, the Kodi Mutt pontiff, when a few more developments indicated Shruthi had the upper hand over her.

First, after the CM made Karandlaje's rival the chairperson of the Women and Child Development Board, the film star made public her intention of divorcing her director husband S Mahendar.

Then, though Shruthi told the world she would marry Chandrachud, a journalist, political circles were abuzz with talk of her inclination towards the CM.

"It was at this stage that Shobha went to Swamiji," said a source in the BJP. "She requested him to intervene and convince Yediyurappa to leave Shruthi."