Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Sep 9: Reliable sources claim that former chief minister (CM) B S Yediyurappa, has been lobbying hard for a cabinet berth for his son, B Y Vijayendra. This has caught the CM, Basavaraj Bommai, in a bind. He reportedly met BJP national president, J P Nadda, at New Delhi on Wednesday September 8 on this issue. It is said Bommai travelled to Delhi twice in this respect.

The CM is under pressure to fill the remaining four vacancies in the ministry at the earliest by including Vijayendra and three others. Yediyurappa himself is said to be spearheading a campaign to make his son a minister. But the national leaders are not prepared to permit cabinet expansion now and because of this reason, the CM was not given time to meet Nadda during his previous Delhi visit. When Bommai took up the issue with Amit Shah, he reportedly had asked him to discuss the matter with Nadda.

Sources said that the aspirants want to join the ministry before the next session of the assembly begins on September 13. It is said that the names of Vijayendra, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, C P Yogeshwar and Raju Gowda are being considered. The CM, it is learnt, wants to keep a vacancy unfilled to accommodate former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, it is said.