Cabinet expansion ruffles many feathers, upsets BJP leaders
Thu, Jan 14 2021 08:18:37 AM
Bengaluru, Jan 14 (IANS): Disgruntlement among BJP leaders came to the fore the moment Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Wednesday read out the list of seven ministers to be inducted into his 17-month old cabinet.
Several BJP legislators expressed serious reservations over three MLCs -- C.P. Yogeshwara, M.T.B. Nagaraj and R. Shankar -- being made ministers, exposing the lack of representation of the coastal and central regions in the cabinet, with most ministers still coming from Bengaluru and Belagavi districts, not consideraing the seniority or sacrifice made by some party leaders.