Bengaluru: Kuningan BJP seems to have a difficult task in Karnataka – find the successor that is acceptable for Strongman and CM bs 78 years old Yediyurappa if they decide to replace him.
Yediyurappa finished two years in the office on July 26 in its fourth round as cm and there were indications he might be asked to resign.
Party sources said the central leadership had chosen a dozen names with the assembly selection of 2023 in mind.
Karnataka was significant because it was a BJP gateway to the south.
The source said BJP has focused on eight people and it seems that a lingayat will carry the legacy of Yediyurappa.
Dharwad West Mla Aravind Bellad, Vijayapura Mla Basannagouda Patil Yatnal, Mines and Geology Minister Murgesh R Nirani and Basavaraj Bommai have the opportunity because they are from the Lingayat Pickhayat community.
Rak-roots and RSS experiences that are strongly yatnal as the union minister may be useful.
He is popular in North Karnataka and is at the forefront of agitation earlier this year by Pancagamsi Lingayats looking for a quota for the top caste group.
He was reported to be passed by PM Modi.
Bellad, 50, an engineer and businessman from Dharwad, is a low politician with a clean picture.
Niran Baron Sugar, the third time of Bilgi in Bagalkot, is said to have a good personal equation with the minister of the house of Amit Shah.
If Yediyurappa was asked to suggest the successor, he might mention the name of the Bukavaraj Bomai minister.
Names of non-linglayat in the mixture include the Union Minister of Pralhad Joshi and CT Ravi.
If the Head of BJP Karnataka, Nalan Kumar Kateel, the meaningful audio leak is something that must be passed, Joshi can be the top in the list.
Another name that does the round is BL Santosh, CN Ashwath Narayan, Laxman Savadi, Govind Karjol and Visveshwara Hegde Kageri.