Yediyurappa dethroned : BJP to soon announce new name to head K’taka

Bengaluru : With the incumbent Chief minister B S Yediyurappa having decided to quit the office the era of the ‘angry-man of the state BJP’ who had single-handedly led the party to the seat of power in Karnataka, the Central BJP leaders are likely to announce new name to head the only-BJP-Government in the entire southern-peninsula.

According to official sources, there are several names to replace B S Yediyurappa doing the rounds including that of the Union minister Prahlad Joshi, Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishvedhwar Hegde Kageri, Home minister S R Bommai, Mining minister Murugesh Nirani and others.

The Central BJP leaders who had directed the Chief minister B S Yediyurappa to demit office, must have a definite name at their proposal and may announce it very soon, a senior BJP party functionary informed UNI.

Speaking to newsmen, after coming out from the Raj Bhavan, submitting his resignation Chief minister said, “The Governor had accepted my resignation and has asked to remain in office as caretaker till the next alternate arrangements were made”.

The outgoing chief minister thanked Prime minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and the BJP National President J P Nadda, for showing generosity for heading the state despite being beyond the age of 75″.

Terming his resignation to the office of the Chief minister as an act of ‘Voluntary-one” he said “During my visit to Delhi recently I myself had requested to replace me with a new face” he said.

Replying to the question he said he would remain in active politics and work for the party to bring it back to power in the 2023 assembly elections.

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