Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is under pressure to expand or reshuffle his cabinet at the earliest before next year’s assembly elections, on Friday said he will try to discuss the matter with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. who are scheduled to visit. In the city on May 3. The chief minister, who is visiting Delhi on an official visit tonight, said he would not meet the party high command during the visit.
“I have taken note of their (MLAs) sentiments and conveyed them to the high command, who said a decision would be taken at an appropriate time,” he said. Probably Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Bengaluru on May 3, I will then use the opportunity (to discuss about the cabinet),” he said in a press conference on the demand of MLAs to expand the cabinet ahead of the elections. Said in response to the question.
Bommai told reporters here that he is leaving for Delhi tonight to attend a conference of chief ministers and chief justices of all states and attend a dinner hosted by the prime minister in the evening and will return to Bengaluru in the early hours of Sunday. Therefore, there will be no meeting with any Union Minister or party president during the visit.
Shah is scheduled to visit Bengaluru to attend the closing ceremony of the ‘Khelo India’ University Games here on May 3. With elections due next year, the CM is under increasing pressure to expand or reshuffle his cabinet soon after the recent assembly elections in five states.
With the cabinet exercise taking time, voices of discontent have started rising within the ruling BJP, as party legislator MP Renukacharya on Wednesday openly expressed displeasure over the delay and performance of some ministers.
The MLA, who is also the chief minister’s political secretary, said that many party MLAs have similar views and feel that if new faces are inducted into the cabinet, they will act aggressively and further strengthen the BJP and the government. Will bring a good name for In the 2023 assembly elections.
Bommai has been saying that he is waiting for instructions from the BJP central leadership to carry out the cabinet exercise. Five posts are currently vacant in the state cabinet, with 29 ministers including the chief minister, while the sanctioned strength is 34.
Some legislators are advocating for a Gujarat-like change of the Karnataka cabinet soon to make way for new faces ahead of the assembly elections. The cabinet exercise will be crucial ahead of the assembly elections, in which the saffron party aims to return to power once again, and has set a target of winning a minimum of 150 seats in the 225-member House.
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