Game of Thrones: How BSY got his favourite Basavaraj Bommai the top post
Till Monday morning, it was a tight competition between two Lingayat leaders Basavaraj Bommai and Murugesh Nirani – for the post of Karnataka’s next chief minister.
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Chief Minister-designate Basavaraj Bommai, along with BS Yediyurappa, prepare to address the media in Bengaluru on Tuesday | Vinod kumar T
Express News Service
BENGALURU: Till Monday morning, it was a tight competition between two Lingayat leaders Basavaraj Bommai and Murugesh Nirani – for the post of Karnataka’s next chief minister. But with outgoing chief minister BS Yediyurappa backing his favourite man in the cabinet, Bommai, for the top post, the BJP Legislature Party was quick to elect him as its leader and next CM.
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BENGALURU: For two days now, seers of various religious institutions have been visiting Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa at his residence in a show of solidarity. Even as he refuses to speak to the media about it directly, Yediyurappa and his team have been bullishly highlighting this show of solidarity. The support comes at a time speculations are rife that Yediyurappa has been asked to resign as Chief Minister and make way for new leadership.
While Yediyurappa is said to have agreed to go, it seems he isn’t going out without a show of strength. Those from the CM’s camp insist that the wave of support coming his way whether from Lingayat leaders of the BJP or the Congress, or religious leaders shows that he remains the mass leader of the party. Others from within the BJP say this is Yediyurappa’s attempt to convey that he still wields a lot of influence and cannot be mistaken to be redundant by the party’s central leadership.