Who will replace Yediyurappa as Karnataka CM? BJP central team to meet MLAs in Bengaluru today

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 Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) might announce outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s successor today. Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and G Kishan Reddy will be the BJP’s central observers for the legislature social gathering assembly on Tuesday night to elect a brand new chief to replace BS Yediyurappa as the CM. Central observers usually convey the social gathering management’s view to the MLAs earlier than they elect their chief.

The BJP legislature social gathering in Bengaluru will meet at 7 pm after which the identify of the subsequent Chief Minister is probably going to be introduced.

Yediyurappa stepped down on Monday, coinciding together with his authorities finishing two years in workplace. The Lingayat strongman was thought of the face of the BJP in the state in the previous twenty years. Earlier on Sunday, he had dropped hints that he might resign when the politician mentioned that he “will continue to work for the BJP for the next 10-15 years”.

The 78-year-old BJP veteran, who submitted his resignation to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on the Raj Bhavan, mentioned he give up “voluntarily” and will proceed to stay lively in state politics.

Immediately after the resignation of Yediyurappa, BJP nationwide president JP Nadda, Union Minister Amit Shah and Parliamentary Affairs and Mining minister Prahlad Joshi held a closed-door assembly in Delhi to talk about the state developments.

Sources mentioned that the names of deputy CM Laxman Savadi, Mining Minister Murugesh Nirani and Home Minister Basavaraj S Bommai are doing the rounds as frontrunners for the CM’s chair. Apart from these, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, BJP nationwide General Secretary C T Ravi, its nationwide organising secretary B L Santhosh and state Assembly Speaker Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri are additionally in the race. 

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