Bengaluru, July 27: Basavaraj Bommai, close aide of BS yediyurappa has been appointed as new chief minister of Karnataka.
Bommai is from the Lingayat community which also would suit the BJP in its electoral prospects.
The BJP general secretary and Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh said the name of the new leader will be finalised at the legislature party meeting on the direction of the parliamentary board.
The BJP would keep in mind that the leader who would be CM when the state faces an election in 2023 will have to have the blessings of Yediyurappa. The central observers, Union Ministers Dharmender Pradhan and G Kishan Reddy, who arrived in Bengaluru this evening met BS Yediyurappa before the legislative meeting.
The names of BJP MLA Aravind Bellad and mining minister Murugesh Nirani names are also doing rounds.
Responding to the developments, Karnataka revenue minister R Ashoka on Tuesday said that the new chief minister of the state would be selected within a day or two.
The party would keep in mind the strong Lingayat vote bank while choosing a successor. The question being asked is will the BJP go with another Lingayat leader considering the clout the community has in the state.