Bengaluru: With a long list of prospective ministers, the Chairman of the Bukavaraj Minister Bommai has a mammoth assignment cut when he takes the cabinet expansion next week.
He must weigh all the equations of caste, regional and faction options.
It will not be easy to balance everything and accommodate party loyalists, supporters of former CM CM BS Yediyurappa, Mla migrant and members of the anti-Yediyurappa faction.
As indicated by the new ministers to show their performance before the assembly poll, the Bommai challenge would be greater if the leadership wanted him to reward some young faces and dropping a senior controversial and non-player in the Yediyurappa cabinet.
Number Gameat is present, there are no ministers in the Bommai Cabinet and exclude CM, the government can have the most 33.
Do this figure, he might want to save three vacancies to plug in the future.
Former Congress and JD (S) Mlaas, who have helped the BJP Topple HD Kumaraswamy Government Government in 2019, is expected to go with the share of lions from the bed.
The party source said leadership only allowed eight migrants to be installed at this time.
But it might not be Yediyurappa’s own attitude will go with – after all, he has ‘remember His Word’ to them, the source added.
It was separated, Ramesh Jarkiholi, who led MLAS rebels, had lobbyed difficult to return to the cabinet after he resigned as Minister of Water Resources in March.
Caste conundrumit also still have to be seen whether the party will accommodate the mlash of the Pancayatsi Lingayats – Pancasnagouda Patil Yatnal sub-sect, Arvind Bellad and Murgesh Nirani, who have lobbied hard for Patil Patil Loyalis Yediyurappa.
“If Yatnal is ignored, a roar at BJP is likely to only increase after the cabinet expansion because he has started to create a commotion,” said a senior MLA.
Leadership might want Bellad to be accommodated to take care of him for the future even though Bommai was said to be interested in his aide Shankar Munenakopa to control his house Dharwad.
There is also ‘original’ BJP MLA which according to them is a natural choice.
This list includes V Sunil Kumar, GH Thippeddy, Sa Ramdas, Abhay Patil, M Satish Reddy and Nehru Oleekar.
Not only the minister, there is also a busy lobby to become a CMS representative following a report likely to appoint five representatives to Bommai to balance the caste equation.
Yediyurappa cabinet has 11 lingayat, seven vocaligas, four kurubas, three of SC and two of St.
This composition has been withdrawn because of the dominance of lingayats and vocaligas.
There were seven ministers from Bengaluru and five of the Belogavi District, but nearly 15 districts did not have a representation.
Ruling party legislators have stated reservations due to lack of representation to certain areas, especially Kalyana Karnataka.
There are also objections to MLC which are not chosen by the people made by the Minister (Laxman Savadi and CP Yogeeshwara).