Basavaraj Bommai takes oath as Chief Minister of Karnataka
India | July 28, 2021 12:30 ISTBasavaraj Bommai on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru.
Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka at the Glass House in the Raj Bhavan. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered him the oath of office and secrecy.
The BJP on Tuesday named Basavaraj Bommai as new Karnataka Chief Minister. Bommai, who is considered to be a confidante of outgoing Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, was the home minister of the state. Bommai, who joined the BJP in 2008, belongs to the Sadara Lingayat community. His father SR Bommai had also served as Karnataka CM in 1980s.
Bommai, who joined the BJP in 2008, belongs to the Sadara Lingayat community. His father SR Bommai had also served as Karnataka CM in 1980s.
Another father-son duo, also from Karnataka, occupied the state CM’s post: H D Deve Gowda and his son H D Kumaraswamy.
Basavaraj Bommai was on Tuesday chosen as the new chief minister of Karnataka, replacing B. S. Yediyurappa who resigned yesterday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the BJP legislature party in Bengaluru today.
The BJP on Tuesday named Basavaraj Bommai as new Karnataka Chief Minister. Bommai, who is considered to be a confidante of outgoing Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, was the home minister of the state. Bommai, who joined the BJP in 2008, belongs to the Sadara Lingayat community. His father SR Bommai had also served as Karnataka CM in 1980s.
Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and G Kishan Reddy will be the BJP's central observers for the Karnataka legislative party meeting on Tuesday evening to elect a new leader to replace BS Yediyurappa as the state's CM.
According to reports, Rajappa (Ravi), aged about 30, from Bommalapura in Gundlupet taluk in Chamarajanagara district, has allegedly ended his life, shocked by Yediyurappa's exit.
Karnataka chief minister B. S. Yediyurappa on Monday announced his resignation ending weeks of speculation about his government.
Arunadevi, who is also the women wing President of Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva-Langyat Mahasabha, told reporters that her father had always been an impulsive decision-0maker and sticks to his decisions
Sources said that names of deputy CM Laxman Savadi, Mining Minister Murugesh Nirani and Home Minister Basavaraj S Bommai are doing the rounds as frontrunners for the CM's chair.
Hours after Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's resignation on Monday, Shikaripura, the assembly constituency in Shivamogga district which he has represented seven times, was shut as a mark of protest by his supporters.
Congress National General Secretary and Karnataka state unit in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala, on Twitter wrote that Dictating Yediyurappa to tender his resignation makes him PM's latest victim and member of the 'forced retirement club'.
Soon after Yediyurappa announced his resignation, the BJP leadership went into a huddle in Delhi to find a replacement for the 78-year-old leader.
It's too early to write a political obituary of 78-yr old Lingayat strongman and the 24X7 politician, the face of the party in the state for decades.
BS Yediyurappa has announced his resignation as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, ending suspense on the possible change of guard in the state. He met Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to submit his resignation. Yediyurappa's resignation comes on a day when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state is celebrating its second anniversary.
According to Bengaluru-based prophesier, it just might be an occasion when BSY would go back to functioning from behind the stage.
BS Yediyurappa Resigns, BS Yediyurappa News: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has announced to resign from the post. He will meet Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot soon to submit his resignation.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has resigned from the post, ending suspense on the possible change of guard in the state. He will meet Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot later in the day to submit his resignation.
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