The party leadership is unhappy with the Vokkaliga’s failure to face criticism. The Karnataka Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai is now in New Delhi and talking about the new changes.
On Thursday the Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai left for his eleventh visit to New Delhi after assuming office less than a year ago.
The sudden, one-day visit following the summons issued by the BJP leadership on Wednesday afternoon has given rise to fresh speculations about a change in the state cabinet.
While the official travel plan has scheduled meetings with Union ministers, Basavaraj Bommai himself did not comment on the purpose of the visit, as he did in the past.
Sources in the Chief Minister’s Office indicated that the official motive was that Basavaraj Bommai was one of the proponents of NDA’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmur. Bommai is probable to file his nomination on Friday.
CM Basavaraj Bommai was in New Delhi
On June 17, where Basavaraj Bommai attended a private event. Earlier, he visited the capital on May 20, after being called to Delhi suddenly by the BJP leadership, surrounded by rumors of a change in his government.
That time Basavaraj had come back after meeting Arun Singh (Karnataka in-charge) and talking to Amit Shah (Home Minister) over the phone.
The Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj is waiting for approval from the Bhartiya Janata Party directorship for changes in his cabinet, including filling up five vacant posts but has been waiting for the past one year.
Earlier, there was talk of the BJP going for an entirely new cabinet including a chief minister – as it did in Gujarat – but that has come to an end in recent weeks and the party is looking forward to the 2024 state elections with Basavaraj Bommai as the Chief Minister.
Throughout his visits to Mysore and Bangalore on June 20 and June 21, The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi made it a point to praise Basavaraj
Bommai. Industrial Minister Murugesh Nirani, who was once thought a challenger to Basavaraj Bommai from the Lingayat community,
on Thursday said: “Basavaraj Bommai is doing a great job and will continue to be Chief Minister. Chief Minister has the right to make changes in the cabinet.
