Bengaluru, Nov 17 (IANS): The BJP high command is all set to appoint Leaders of the Opposition (LoPs) for both houses of Karnataka legislature on Friday evening.
According to party sources, the Legislature Party (LP) meeting in this regard will be held at the ITC Gardenia hotel here in the presence of two observers from New Delhi.
The BJP recently appointed MLA B.Y. Vijayendra, the son of former chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa, as the state President.
All eyes are set on LoP post in the state Legislative Assembly.
Sources explain that the party leadership is inclined to give the post to a leader belonging to the Vokkaliga or backward community.
Since the post of state president has gone to the Lingayat community, it is natural for the party to accommodate the Vokkaliga community for the post of the LoP in the Assembly.
However, following the alliance with JD(S), the party might look for faces in the backward communities.
BJP MLA and former minister V. Sunil Kumar, a staunch supporter of Hindutva ideology and a young leader and blue-eyed boy of the Sangh Parivar, stands a better chance, say the sources.
Sunil Kumar hails from a backward community. The chances of R. Ashoka, former DyCM and senior leader of the BJP, are also bright.
Ashoka maintains a good relationship with the former PM H.D. Deve Gowda's family and hails from the Vokkaliga community.
Although BJP MLAs Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Arvind Bellad, and former minister V. Somanna have staked their claim for the post, as they belong to the Lingayat community, the chances of their selection are less, as the State President post has been given to Vijayendra, hailing from the community.
After joining hands with JD (S) and appointing Yediyurappa's son Vijayendra as the State President, the BJP is looking forward to taking on the ruling Congress party in the winter session.
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ca girishkk, valencia/m'lore
Fri, Nov 17 2023Yatnal show prior to, during & after the meeting will be an entertainment for KarNATAKA to enjoy.., Democracy in BJ Party is like "by the jokara, of the jokara & for the jokara" dombara...bara... dommm bara.. bara..., !!!!! lol Burner become tusssa.... due to puthila phobia...!!!!!
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ca girishkk, valencia/m'lore
Fri, Nov 17 2023To begin with First the party has to oppose the dissidents to elect one among them as their leader to represent in Assembly as opposition leader... Operation is in progress...result or insult is like - "Operation is successful but Patient KAMALA die in the end, Afterall the power of 40% will come into play. Utsava Murthy will shout - "ना कहूंगा ना काने दूंगा... " ending with a burp..., (don't mis-understand - from mouth though)
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Mahesh, Mangalore
Fri, Nov 17 2023Karnataka BJP from it’s HIGHS .. few months back .. now reduced To. JOKERS PARTY ... chief joker is however replaced...
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Prakash, Manipal
Fri, Nov 17 2023One more drama amid back door efforts to keep the disgruntled quiet.... Outcome is anybody's guess.... Infighting will increase after faces are announced.... Worst communal, selfish party must be wiped out from planet...
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real kujuma, kodial
Fri, Nov 17 2023shameless...not even fit to be called as a political party...six months have gone by and they did not find one able leader..all spineless chaddi gulams...
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myna, mysuru
Fri, Nov 17 2023Another futile communal exercise to further mess up the party and decimate it at the hustings.
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Dylan, Mangalore
Fri, Nov 17 2023Dynasty politics, height of hypocrisy..............................!!!
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Roshan, Mangaluru
Fri, Nov 17 2023Picture perfect. Dynasty Politics, Corruption and Incompetence, all in one frame. BJP was all against it one point of time. People believed it, today it is drowned in that dirt and nearing point of no return. Defeating Modi led BJP, is the only way out to save country.
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G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore
Fri, Nov 17 2023Why they have not invited HDK.?? I thought he is in front run.
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Ravi, Mangalore
Fri, Nov 17 2023The picture says everything of dynasty politics of BJP . Any more examples bakhts need.
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Jossey Saldanha, Rajeja Waterfront
Fri, Nov 17 2023Shobha Karandlaje is Missing ...
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