Bengaluru: The talks in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) around the possibility of the successor to the head of the B-Minister B Yediyurappa’s head has gained momentum with the full guessing game.
This happened amid speculation in the ruling BJP circle continuing above whether B Yediyurappa came out because the head of the head of Karnataka was on the card.
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Even though there is a long list of ideals for posts, challenges before the party will find a suitable substitute that can fill the “big” shoes of Yediyurappa, a BJP official said.
It was said that BJP hopes to present a change in generation in state leadership, and the transition of a smooth power but find a substitute for “undisputed mass leaders” from the party in the state will not be easy.
BJP also has to attack a kind of balance while experiencing changes in this leadership, because it must ensure that the move is not hostile to the basis of the essentication, the dominant veerashaiva community, where Yediyurappa has a considerable influence.
The Veerashaiva-Lingayat community, which is estimated to form around 16 percent of the country’s population, is considered a BJPS core support base in the state, and reported majority against the elimination of Yediyurappa.
There are several reports that the party can mention surprise candidates for the principal head because they have experimented in other countries.
Among the names that did the round as a possibility of Yediyurappa’s successor was the Union Minister of Pralhad Joshi, National Secretary General of BJP C T Ravi and the Secretary of the National Party Organizing B L L Santhosh.
While Joshi and Santosh are Brahmin; Ravi, which is MLA from Chikkamagaluru, is vokkaliga, another dominant community in the state, mostly concentrated in South Carnataka, where the party tries to make a breakthrough.
The other Brahmin name being discussed is Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri assembly speaker.
There is no Minister of Brahmin’s head in the state since 1988, after Ramakrishna Hegde.
Shows that there might be a “surprise pick”, bete noire yediyurappa and senior MLA BASAGOUDA Patil Yatnal, who openly criticized the ministerial head and looked for his ouster, recently said that the prime minister would choose an honest leader with the hindutva ideology with a cm post , which can ensure victory for BJP in the next election.
If the party looks for replacing Yediyurappa with another leader of the dominant veerarashaiva community, the possibility of names that conduct rounds including, mining mining Murugesh Nirani and MLA Arvind Bellad.
While Nirani was a politician, which was a repeated Delhi visit recently raised eyebrows in the circle of the party; Bellad is the MLA of the constituency of the West Assembly Hubli-Dharwad, which is said between dissatisfied legislators who are looking for yediyurappa outster.
Bellad recently accused that the phone was being tapped and efforts to fix it in some cases.
Even though Yatnal’s name also conducted a round of cm from the veerashaiva-lingayat community, a repeat statement embarrassing the party and the government, could oppose it.
Yatnal himself just clarified that he was not in a race to CM.
Among the current ministers in the state government, the names of the Minister of Home Affairs Basavaraj S Bommai (Lingayat), Revenue Minister R Ashoka and CM representative, C n Ashwath Narayan (Vokcaligas), has also made a round.
Another Lingayat leader from North Karnataka – Industrial Minister Jagadish Shettar, who previously served as Minister of Chief – also seen as a competitor.
With PTI input.