R. Ashok, seventh-time MLA, was chosen as the Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Friday, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chose him as its legislature party leader amid discontent among a section of leaders. The BJP arrived at the decision nearly six months after the Assembly elections.
The selection of the 66-year-old leader, who is on good terms with the party’s newly appointed State president B.Y. Vijayendra, his father and veteran leader B.S. Yediyurappa, and the former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, is being seen as a clear signal that Yediyurappa group is calling the shots in the party for now.
