Amid mounting pressure to expand or reshuffle his cabinet, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday indicated that he was waiting for the BJP leadership’s consent to go ahead with the exercise and was trying to bring it to their notice. . Huh. On January 28, on the completion of six months of his government, the chief minister said, he would hold a press conference and bring out a booklet listing the achievements of his administration.
“Four (ministerial) berths are vacant, so naturally there will be aspirations. There’s nothing wrong with that. The party leadership knows when and how to do it, I am also bringing it to the notice of the leadership. Whenever the leadership calls me for discussion, I will give them all the information.” There is to be a discussion in the party and whatever action will be taken in this regard, based on what will happen there.
He said, “It depends on the party, the party will sit and decide on what basis further action will be taken, I have no such proposal in front of me with regard to appointments in boards and corporations as chief minister.” The party is considering it, after deliberation they will give a report, on the basis of which we will see…”
Ahead of the 2023 Assembly elections, the chief minister is under increasing pressure to expand or reshuffle his cabinet soon to make room for new faces and fill vacancies of heads of various boards and corporations by appointing party legislators. The filling pressure is also increasing. and his officers.
The state cabinet currently has 30 ministers, including the chief minister, while the sanctioned strength is 34. However, there is talk in party circles that cabinet expansion or reshuffle is possible, only after assembly elections in five states.
Recently some legislators have been advocating a Gujarat-like overhaul of the Karnataka cabinet soon to make way for new faces, and have noted that if it is done in March, it may be too late for ministers to make any mark. can. In itself too. own constituency. In September, the BJP completely overhauled Gujarat’s council of ministers by selecting new faces for the Bhupendra Patel government, which did not include any ministers from the previous Vijay Rupani-led ministry.
While senior BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and MP Renukacharya held discussions in closed doors on Thursday, there are reports of a similar meeting in Belagavi involving minister Umesh Katti, former deputy CM Laxman Savadi and other MLAs from the region. Asked about the “secret meeting” between some BJP MLAs, the chief minister termed it as a casual meeting between party leaders.
“I don’t know…..You (media) yourself are calling it a secret meeting….There is no confusion….Leaders meet on many occasions, you paint it as something else, that is not correct. Congress leaders meet casually at different places, in the same way BJP leaders meet, there is nothing in it. have taken
The Chief Minister said that any further decision regarding restrictions related to COVID would be taken after studying and studying the spread of the virus and the rate of hospitalization and related factors. “With respect to COVID we have already taken some decisions and lifted the curfew at the end of the week, we have to see how the infection spreads and the condition of the infected people in the coming days. We will look into everything and decide on the next course of action.”
Responding to a question regarding budget preparations, Bommai said he has been holding internal meetings with the finance department since December with revenue-generating departments and has been directed to take steps to reach the target. “Now from the end of December, I will have another round of meeting with the finance department on January 25, and after that we will discuss the proposals of different departments and prepare a budget,” he said.
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