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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday termed the speculations around Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai’s possible exit a “conspiracy to create confusion”. BJP Karnataka unit chief Nalin Kumar Kateel asserted that Bommai will remain the chief minister till the next state Assembly elections, calling the reports “a figment of imagination”.
“Bommai is going to be the Chief Minister till the next election, which is 2023. There is no leadership change,” Kateel told reporters in Bengaluru.
Bommai fuelled speculations of his early exit while delivering an emotional address in his home district of Haveri.
“This news (about Bommai’s exit) is a figment of imagination. I feel this is a conspiracy to create confusion, problem in the state politics and to defame the BJP government,” Kateel said, suspecting the involvement of Congress behind the rumours.
Kateel also dismissed the rumour mills that claimed the Bommai was expected to go abroad for knee-related surgery and the change would happen around that time.
“He is not going abroad. There is nothing wrong with his health but only some leg related issues for which he is getting treatment. He is healthy. His leg related problem will be cured here only,” Kateel said.
Union minister Pralhad Joshi also dismissed the reports, saying Basavaraj Bommai will remain Karnataka chief minister till 2023.
“There is no leadership change. I am always in touch with our national-level leaders regularly and I have a good relationship with them. If such was the case, then certainly I would have come to know. There is no such proposal. He is doing a good job,” he added.
