The Bharatiya Janata Party circles were abuzz with political activity on Sunday on the eve of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s arrival to the State on Monday night.
B.L. Santosh, BJP national general secretary (Organisation), held a series of marathon meetings at the party State office. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, party State president Nalin Kumar Kateel and senior leaders were closeted with him for over two hours on Sunday evening.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Santosh speaking at a party meeting, reportedly gave examples of leadership change in Gujarat and Uttarakhand, which set political circles abuzz of a possible leadership change in the State too. Mr. Bommai, speaking at an event saying his relationship with a seer would be the same whether “he was in power or not”, also led to speculations through the day. Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah said BJP was trying to replace Mr. Bommai because he was not from the RSS stables. However, party sources denied such speculations.
