Karnataka BJP MLAs' Meeting Tonight To Elect New Chief Minister

Dharmendra Pradhan and G Kishan Reddy are appointed central observers for the Karnataka BJP's legislature party meeting due this evening

The legislature party of the Karnataka BJP will meet this evening to choose the successor of BS Yediyurappa, who resigned last evening after weeks of suspense. The BJP has deputed two union ministers -- Dharmendra Pradhan and G Kishan Reddy -- as central observers for the meeting, which is due around 7 pm.   Both leaders are on way to Bengaluru and will attend the meeting along with Arun Singh, the BJP's state in-charge, sources said. Asked who is likely to be picked for the top post, BS Raghvendra, party MP and son of Mr Yediyurappa, said it is "too early to say". "The BJP's decisions can never be foretold. For example -- Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh, Devendra Fadnavis in Maharashtra. Even the cabinet reshuffle was done based on several parameters. So it's difficult to say," he said.