Amit Shah's arrives in Bengaluru amid buzz over leadership change and cabinet rejig
FirstpostAmit Shah during this trip is likely to meet senior party leaders including Bommai and BS Yediyurappa, and assess the BJP’s preparations for the elections Bengaluru: Exactly a month after setting a target of 150 seats for the Karnataka BJP for the 2023 assembly polls, Union Minister Amit Shah arrived in the city late on Monday, this time amid buzz over possible changes in the leadership, and pressure to rejig or expand the cabinet. Though largely seen as an official visit, with less than a year for the assembly polls, Shah during this trip is likely to meet senior party leaders including Bommai and B S Yediyurappa, and assess the BJP’s preparations for the elections. The MLA, who is also the chief minister’s political secretary, said several party legislators are of a similar opinion and they feel that if new faces are inducted into the cabinet, they would work aggressively and bring a good name to the BJP and the government ahead of the 2023 assembly polls. BJP national general secretary B L Santhosh’s statement on Sunday that the party’s strength lies in the induction of new faces has set off this fresh round of speculation over leadership change in the state.