It’s Bommai: BSY s close aide bags Karnataka CM throne
BJP goes for legacy, Lingayat and BSY loyalist. Oath-taking ceremony to be held at 11 am today. Ashoka, Sriramulu, Karjol may become Deputy CMs
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Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai (left), who is set to be the new Chief Minister of Karnataka, addresses reporters along with outgoing CM BS Yediyurappa in Bengaluru on Tuesday | Vinod kumar T By Express News Service
BENGALURU: The tears he shed as he announced his resignation on Monday ensured BS Yediyurappa got his man Basavaraj Bommai the top job on Tuesday. Bommai, who joined the party in 2008, was unanimously elected as leader of the BJP Legislature Party, ensuring that he becomes the next chief minister of Karnataka.
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18:26 (IST) Jul 28
Our stand on Mekedatu is very clear. Legally we are on the right side. It is our right to utilise surplus water in the Cauvery basin: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai (ANI)
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
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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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Basavaraj Bommai is new chief minister of Karnataka AGE CORRESPONDENT WITH AGENCY INPUTS | AGE CORRESPONDENT
Published : Jul 28, 2021, 6:53 am IST
Updated : Jul 28, 2021, 6:53 am IST
The 61-year-old leader was the minister for home affairs, law, parliamentary affairs and legislature in Mr Yediyurappa’s cabinet
Visuals from the Karnataka BJP Legislative Party meeting on Bengaluru on Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter/@BJP4Karnataka)
New Delhi/Bengaluru: Lingayat leader Basavraj Bommai was Tuesday elected as the successor of Lingayat strongman B.S. Yediyurappa as the new Karnataka chief minister, with the BJP legislature party formally electing him as its new leader. He will take the oath of office at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru at 11 am on Wednesday. Sources said there was the “clear stamp” of Mr B.S. Yediyurappa on this succession plan.