Amid talk of his quitting, Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa may call MLAs’ meet | India News
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NEW DELHI: Speculation on Karnataka CM ’s continuance in office continued with suggestions that he might consider calling a meeting of party MLAs towards the end of the month.
The objective of the meeting might be to announce his stepping down though several BJP sources said he had not been asked to do so. It is understood that the veteran leader may have suggested such a course of action to the party leadership. The possibility of a change of guard may have figured during the meeting between the CM and PM Modi on Friday. It was also said the meeting touched on a reshuffle in the Karnataka ministry, reports Mohua Chatterjee.
The grounds of “ill health” are being mentioned as a possible reason. This comes after BJP restored faith in the Lingayat leader after deliberations with state leaders. BJP functionaries had said there will be “no change” of leadership, amid factional feuds within the party that led to a section demanding that he be replaced.
Some accounts said the CM had communicated his willingness to step down to the PM through an emissary. He had wanted to meet home minister Amit Shah and to BJP chief J P Nadda, according to party sources.
It is however for PM Modi and the central party leadership to take a call on whether the chief minister’s resignation should be accepted now.
The 78-year-old Karnataka chief minister, it is learnt, intends to step down at a time when “there will be no pressure on the government” in Karnataka, since no elections are coming up in the state soon.
Since he will turn 80 in the next two years, the central party leadership is keen to nurture the next in line leader in the state, as BSY cannot be repeated for another term for his age, according to sources close to him.
Incidentally, the Lingayat leader continues to be BJP’s best bet in the southern state, where the party formed its first government beyond the Vindhyas.
The objective of the meeting might be to announce his stepping down though several BJP sources said he had not been asked to do so. It is understood that the veteran leader may have suggested such a course of action to the party leadership. The possibility of a change of guard may have figured during the meeting between the CM and PM Modi on Friday. It was also said the meeting touched on a reshuffle in the Karnataka ministry, reports Mohua Chatterjee.
The grounds of “ill health” are being mentioned as a possible reason. This comes after BJP restored faith in the Lingayat leader after deliberations with state leaders. BJP functionaries had said there will be “no change” of leadership, amid factional feuds within the party that led to a section demanding that he be replaced.
Some accounts said the CM had communicated his willingness to step down to the PM through an emissary. He had wanted to meet home minister Amit Shah and to BJP chief J P Nadda, according to party sources.
It is however for PM Modi and the central party leadership to take a call on whether the chief minister’s resignation should be accepted now.
The 78-year-old Karnataka chief minister, it is learnt, intends to step down at a time when “there will be no pressure on the government” in Karnataka, since no elections are coming up in the state soon.
Since he will turn 80 in the next two years, the central party leadership is keen to nurture the next in line leader in the state, as BSY cannot be repeated for another term for his age, according to sources close to him.
Incidentally, the Lingayat leader continues to be BJP’s best bet in the southern state, where the party formed its first government beyond the Vindhyas.
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