Newly appointed leader of the BJP legislature party BasavarajBommaion Tuesday said Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has invited him to form the government and he will take oath as Chief Minister at 11 am on July 28. (PTI)
Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president J P Nadda and outgoing chief minister B S Yediyurappa, Bommai said: “They have blessed me.”
Bommai said that his appointment as the chief minister was unconditional.
“The faith and expectations that people have in the BJP...I will work day and night to take Karnataka to newer heights on all fronts,” Bommai said.
Karnataka chief minister-designate Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday listed Covid-19, floods and improving the state’s finances as his priorities, in his first statement after being picked by the BJP to head the new government. Read more
Bommai is expected to take oath as the state’s 26th chief minister on Wednesday.
BJP's central observers -- Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and G Kishan Reddy -- are attending the meeting being held at a private hotel, to elect its new state leader. (PTI)
BJP national general secretary Arun Sing hailed outgoing chief minister B S Yediyurappa for providing “fabulous” government over the last two years, and said that he would continue to guide the party in the state.
A 35-year-old BJP worker and a diehard fan of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa died of suicide, at Bommalapura village in Gundlupet taluk, Chamarajanagar district, on Monday, upset over the announcement of Yediyurappato resign. Read more
There seems to be no "closure" for B S Yediyurappa, the BJP's "comeback man" in Karnataka, as he could never complete a full term in office, despite becoming the Chief Minister four times, surmounting odds. Read more
Karnataka on Monday ordered a hike in dearness allowance (DA) for its employees by 10.25 percentage points, a parting gift of sorts by B S Yediyurappa who resigned as chief minister the same day. Read more
The BJP high command has removed B S Yediyurappa from chief minister’s post due to corruption and age factor, Leader of the Opposition in Assembly Siddaramaiah said on Monday. Read more
The meeting will take place at The Capitol Hotel in Bengaluru, in which Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and G Kishen Reddy will participate as central observers.
"There won't be much gap. In the next three four days, this process (of appointing a new CM) will come to an end," he said, amidst continued suspense from the BJP high command over choice of next leader.
It was a tearful exit for B S Yediyurappa who chose to announce his decision to hang up his boots at a public event in Vidhana Soudha to mark the BJP government completing two years in office.
Karnataka on Monday ordered a hike in dearness allowance (DA) for its employees by 10.25 percentage points, a parting gift of sorts by B S Yediyurappa who resigned as chief minister the same day.
With this, the DA of employees will be 21.50 per centof their basic pay, according to an order issued by the Finance Department that Yediyurappa controlled.
Congress general secretary (incharge Karnataka) Randeep Surjewala took twitter to attack BJP and said "The ignominy, torment and insult being heaped upon Sh. B.S.Yediyurappa by Modi ji, dictating him to tender his resignation, makes him PM's latest victim and member of the 'forced retirement club."
A pall of gloom descended on Shikaripur, the home turf of B S Yediyurappa, on Mondayafter he resigned as chief minister. The town witnessed an undeclared bandh in the afternoon as proprietors closed down their commercial establishments in the town after their leader submitted resignation papers to Governor Gehlot.
"It was my decision to resign on the same day when I complete two years as CM. I voluntarily resigned to provide an opportunity for others to serve. Neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor Union Home Minister Amit Shah forced me to resign," he said.
Making the announcement on the occasion of him completing two years in office, Yediyurappa fired a salvo at the Centre as he described his tenure as ‘trial by fire’.
“It was an agniparikshe from day one,” he said. “As soon as I took charge as CM, the state witnessed unprecedented floods. But the Centre didn’t allow me to form my Cabinet. I had to handle the situation all by myself,” he said.
In an emotional announcement, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa announced that he would resign, drawing curtains on the uncertainty that surrounded his future.
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