Karnataka

BS Yediyurappa

Kannur district

Kerala

Democratic Youth Federation of India

DYFI

Chief Minister's convoy was stalled for a while by protesters ininon Tuesday.Yediyurappa is visiting a temple to complete his owe at the famous Taliparamba Rajarajeswara temple near Kannur in North Kerala.Members of) started shouting slogans "go back," and attempted to stop the car in which he was travelling. They jumped onto the bonnet with wooden logs and attempt to stop the car.It is said that Yediyurappa was going to Thiruvarkat Bhagavathi temple at Madayikavu in Kannur when the incident happened. Earlier, at Pazhayangadi, DYFI and Congress members protested with black flags.Reacting to the incident, Yediyurappa twitted: "The incident is a conspiracy by vested interests. This was my personal visit to Kerala. It is wrong to blame entire Keralites for the handiwork of a few. Let this incident in the God's Own Country not dent its image."Yediyurappa, sources said, had taken owe to visit the temples after winning the by-elections. The BJP registered a thumping victory by winning 12 of the 15 seats.Besides this, there were reports that a special pooja was performed by the Chief Minister to ward off evils ahead of the Solar Eclipse on December 26.Despite winning the by-elections, Yediyurappa is still finding it difficult to expand his ministry and maintain a balance by giving equitable representation to seniors and turncoats who helped to form the government. Yediyurappa had promised that all those turncoats will be made ministers.