Yediyurappa considering a ‘big-scale’ Cabinet expansion
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Trying to flex his muscle groups after the BJP’s victory within the bypolls to 2 Assembly seats, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Tuesday stated he was planning to take up Cabinet expansion/reshuffle on a huge scale.
“Some legislators will have to be taken into the Ministry, while some Ministers will have to be dropped. I am thinking on a big scale,” he advised presspersons when requested whether or not all of the Ministers would retain their berths. “However, whether it will be an expansion or reshuffle will be known only after discussions with the party high command.”
He additionally stated he would have discussions over cellphone with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP nationwide president J.P. Nadda on Wednesday or Thursday to hunt permission to go to Delhi and maintain consultations on the matter of Cabinet expansion. “Soon after consulting them in Delhi, I will take up the exercise,” he stated. Interestingly, Munirathna, who emerged victorious from R.R. Nagar Assembly constituency as BJP candidate on Tuesday, indicated that he has his eyes set on a ministerial portfolio by remarking that he was “ready to handle any portfolio”.
The Chief Minister additionally categorically dominated out the potential for his son and BJP State vice-president B.Y. Vijayendra contesting within the proposed bypolls to the Assembly. “He has already clarified, and I too want to make it clear that my son will not contest. However, if the national leaders desire, we may think of his candidature in the next general elections,” he stated.
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