With the changeover of command fast approaching, the BJP’s high brass is considering recommending the party’s current national general secretary, BL Santhosh, as the replacement to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.
The talk of a shift of guard acquired unusual traction in the state when the 78-year-old Lingayat strongman and the BJP’s ageing symbol in Karnataka announced on July 23 that he would follow the party high command’s judgment on whether to continue as chief minister or to resign.
According to top BJP bureaucrats in New Delhi, in addition to Santhosh, the top management is considering four deputy chief ministers, including Laxman Suvadi, who belonged to the Lingayat minority, which is one of the largest in Karnataka, accounting for almost 15% of the population of the state.
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