Vijayendra woos BJP rebels ahead of November showdown

Bengaluru, Oct 4 (UNI) With November fast approaching, Karnataka BJP president Vijayendra Yediyurappa appears to be making a late bid to win over rebels who had spent the past year demanding his removal, as the leadership question threatens to trigger a wider organisational reshuffle in the State unit. Vijayendra's term as state BJP president ends in November, and the possibility of a change has kept the party's internal politics on the boil. The rebels, who had mounted sustained pressure on the central leadership for a new president, have now largely gone quiet, apparently preferring to wait for the leadership decision…