Cabinet expansion could take place within next week: Karnataka CM Bommai after meeting PM Modi

Basavaraj Bommai visited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP high brass on his maiden visit to Delhi as Karnataka chief minister on Friday, following which he indicated the state Cabinet could be expanded within the next week due to rising Covid-19 cases and floods in some regions.

On his first visit to Delhi after becoming chief minister of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP top brass after which he said the expansion of the state Cabinet could take place within the next week keeping in view the rising Covid-19 cases and floods in some districts. Bommai said he explained the necessity of “early cabinet expansion” at his meeting with BJP president J P Nadda.