Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa is reportedly seeing a fresh opportunity to push for his son B.Y. Vijayendra to be anointed the BJP chief in Karnataka, with the party going for a pre-poll alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular). Mr. Yediyurappa, who was in New Delhi last week to attend a Parliamentary board meeting, which he is a member of, is reportedly pitching hard for his son’s elevation to the post.
Earlier, Mr. Yediyurappa had pitched for former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to be elected Leader of the Opposition and a non-Lingayat for the post of party president. However, the proposed alliance with the JD(S) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections has “disrupted the caste calculations”, sources in the party said.
