Rejig of Karnataka BJP organisation on the cards?
The Hindu
Will address concerns regarding Cabinet dominated by Veerashaiva-Lingayats and Vokkaligas, and lacking regional balance
With the long speculated leadership change implemented, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to reorganise its party organisation in Karnataka in preparation for the 2023 Assembly polls, sources say. The president of the State unit is likely to be changed and many senior leaders who have either been dropped from the Cabinet or failed to make the cut, will be drafted for party work, a senior party functionary said. Party State president Nalin Kumar Kateel will complete two years in the post in August. “The party is mulling over replacing him with a leader from a community, which is key to the party’s electoral prospects in Karnataka, especially given there have been no deputy chief ministers from electorally key communities in the present dispensation,” a senior party functionary said.
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