Bharatiya Janata Party leader Basavaraj Bommai took oath as the chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot admi...
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Basavaraj Bommai took oath as the chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath to Bommai.
The development came after BS Yediyurappa stepped down from the chief minister’s post on Monday. Bommai, who was the home minister in Yediyurappa’s Cabinet, is considered close to the former chief minister. Like Yediyurappa, he belongs to the Lingayat community. Lingayats form about 17% of the state’s population and is considered the saffron party’s main vote bank.
Before this, Bommai had served as a minister of water resources and minister of cooperation. The 61-year-old is the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister and Union minister SR Bommai.
The Lingayats were not in favour of Yeddiyurappa’s removal, therefore it was expected that the BJP will choose a member for the top post from the same community. But unlike other contenders – Industry Minister Jagadish Shettar, MLA Arvind Bellad and MLA Murugesh Nirani – Bommai is not close to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of BJP, according to The News Minute.
On Wednesday, Bommai said he would chair a Cabinet meeting after his oath-taking ceremony, reported ANI. “After that, I will hold a meeting with senior officers to review Covid-19 and the flood situation in the state,” he said.
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