Karnataka Cabinet expansion high command green signal: we will do ‘pretty shortly’, says CM Basavaraj Bommai

By News Next Live Last updated Jul 31, 2021 - 10: 36 am

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the imminent cabinet expansion “Pretty shortly,” in the wake of rising Covid cases and floods in some districts in the state. on being asked when the Cabinet expansion will take place.

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I am meeting Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today regarding the Goods & Services Tax (GST) refund for last year and this year also, says Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

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Bommai, who is on his first visit to Delhi as chief minister, said he “explained the necessity of early cabinet expansion” in a meeting with BJP president J P Nadda.

“We will get the nod within next week. I have not discussed the list of probable’s in today’s meeting. But told the need of early decision on this issue,” he told reporters here.

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Expanding the Ministry will be the first big challenge before Bommai as he will have to navigate through the cabinet formation exercise by maintaining balance between factions within the ruling BJP.

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There are several aspirants among the party old guard, and legislators who had joined the BJP after quitting the Congress-JD(S) coalition in 2019. Bommai also made it clear that his government will not be a rubber stamp.