Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (RJP)
Bengaluru, Aug 18: BJP president Amit Shah who met chief minister (CM) B S Yediyurappa on Saturday has approved the list of legislators to be made ministers and accordingly the CM will form his cabinet on Tuesday, August 20.
Yediyurappa held a detailed discussion with Shah on the formation of the cabinet.
The CM will chair the BJP legislature party meeting at the Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday morning before the cabinet is formed in the afternoon. The names of legislators to be inducted in the council of ministers have not yet been disclosed.
Though it was not clear how many members will be inducted as ministers, some sources said that for now, it would be around 12 to 15.
The sources revealed that BJP has also decided to keep around 15 slots vacant for the disqualified MLAs. Among the 17 disqualified MLAs, some of them may be inducted based on the outcome of the Supreme Court judgement. All of them have appealed against their disqualification.
As per the information available now, there will be no deputy chief minister’s post. The party will give preference to loyalty, experience and young faces. As part of the party’s strategy to expand its base in south Karnataka, it may induct more leaders from that that region.
On Friday, BJP national general secretary B L Santosh and Yediyurappa had finalised the list and submitted it to working BJP president J P Nadda.