Cabinet rejig left to CM’s discretion, party to focus on TP, ZP polls: Karnataka BJP chief

Amid speculations of a reshuffle in the state cabinet, Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday said it was left to the discretion of the chief minister, and the party was focusing on the upcoming taluk and district panchayat elections. Responding to a question on the possibility of a cabinet reshuffle on the lines of the recent Union Cabinet reshuffle, Kateel said, “It is left to the discretion of the Chief Minister and the Chief Minister will decide on it.”

Talking to reporters here, he said that the party is focusing on winning taluk and district panchayat elections and legislative council elections from local authority constituencies. Responding to a question, he said, “The effort is to get independent power in almost all the panchayats.”

Amid speculations of a possible cabinet reshuffle, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa had also recently said that there has been no discussion on it. During the personal meeting of BJP national general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Arun Singh with legislators last month, amid uproar within the party over the issue of change of leadership, several of them reportedly discussed about social justice and regional imbalances in the cabinet. and thus tried to make a case for reshuffle.