The party's central leadership has suggested him to name a family member for the ticket, and also offered him to make a Rajya Sabha member and a Union Minister, he said. Yediyurappa said the party had not asked him to retire from politics. "Why are you going to Congress? Did we say that we are not giving you power?", Yediyurappa, a former Chief Minister asked. "What injustice have we done to him? He has already decided to go to Congress. Let him go."
