Karnataka Cabinet expansion likely on Wednesday: CM Basavaraj Bommai
India | August 02, 2021 13:00 ISTKarnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai is scheduled to meet with BJP president J P Nadda is scheduled in the evening.
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai is scheduled to meet with BJP president J P Nadda is scheduled in the evening.
Bommai said he explained the necessity of "early cabinet expansion" at his meeting with BJP president J P Nadda.
Bommai who is on a Delhi visit on Friday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and sought his blessings. The CM is also expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP national president J P Nadda.
Speaking to reporters on his arrival at Hubballi on his way to flood and rain-ravaged Uttara Kannada district, he said after this visit in two or three days he will seek the leadership's time to discuss the cabinet expansion and during that visit, things may be finalized.
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