Bommai is free to pick his team: BSY
Ex-CM says he will not intervene Ministerial aspirants continue lobbying for Cabinet berth
C h a m a r a j a n a g a r (K’taka), July 30: Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday reiterated that he will not intervene in the selection of ministers in the new Cabinet.
Stating that he will continue to work towards strengthening the party, the veteran BJP leader said that his successor and new chief minister Basavaraj Bommai is free to pick his team in consultation with the party leadership.
He visited the district to console the family of his fan, who had allegedly committed suicide pained by his resignation as CM, and gave them `5 lakh.
“Bommai is in Delhi today, in a few days he will discuss with the central leaders and decide on who should be in his cabinet, I will not intervene on who should be made minister or not. Bommai is completely free, he will discuss and choose his Cabinet ministers...I will not give any suggestions on this,” Mr Yediyurappa said.
Speaking to reporters, he said his advice to the new chief minister is to do a good job and that Mr Bommai has already made announcements
aimed at helping the poor and the downtrodden.
To a question on inducting legislators who had joined BJP after quitting Congress-JD(S) coalition in 2019 and had helped the party to come to power, the 78-year old leader said, it is left for Mr Bommai to decide, he will discuss with leadership and take a decision.
Meanwhile, ministerial aspirants have continued lobbying to secure a berth in the new Cabinet.
Indicating that expansion of his Cabinet may take some time, Mr Bommai on Thursday had said he will discuss it with the party’s central leadership.
The chief minister is in Delhi today to meet the PM and other central leaders to “take their blessings”.
Nothing that he has already made it clear that in the coming days he will travel across the state to strengthen the party, with an aim to win 130-135 seats in the next election and bring the party back to power, Mr Yediyurappa said, this is the assurance he has given to PM Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP president J.P. Nadda.
He said, after Ganesh Chaturthi (September 10) he has decided to visit a district every week and organise karyakartas meetings to strengthen the organisation.