One of those 5 could be the subsequent Chief Minister of Karnataka

Two years earlier than Karnataka’s Legislative Assembly elections, BJP’s Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa, on Saturday, supplied to resign from the submit on well being grounds. As per the experiences, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted the resignation of the Karnataka CM and he’s very more likely to resign on July 26.Sources stated that whereas on a go to to New Delhi a number of days again, Yediyurappa acquired clear indications that he ought to stroll out attributable to his advancing age, well being considerations and the necessity for a picture makeover. Despite being above the age of 75 years and having been accused of corruption and nepotism- which is much from the ethics of BJP. He was appointed because the CM of Karnataka two years in the past.Read More: Yediyurappa was BJP’s bannerman within the South, however he has outlived his political utilityThere has been a buzz round within the media and the political streets that BS Yediyurappa is just holding the place of the CM whereas his son, Vijayendra is exercising actual energy. Last yr Yediyurappa earned the wrath of his occasion members for aggressively selling his son Vijayenndra within the BJP in addition to among the many Lingayats, the dominant neighborhood of the state.Read More:  With Yediyurappa’s modified tune, it’s nearly sure that Karnataka is getting a brand new Chief MinisterSince speculations are rife that Yediyurappa will resign, issues are being made about attainable modifications within the state management and the cabinet. However, occasion MLAs have put fingers on their lips and have most well-liked to remain quiet when requested about attainable successors attributable to strict directions by the occasion excessive command.As per experiences, there are 5 promising candidates whose names have been in circulation as frontrunners for the submit of the subsequent CM in Karnataka.Basangouda Patil YatnalYatnal, former Union minister, and an MLA from Bijapur in north Karnataka is without doubt one of the most distinguished Yediyurappa baiters. He has been thought of for the position of the subsequent CM, as he comes from the Lingayat neighborhood — like Yediyurappa — however from a bigger and backward sub-caste, Panchamsali.He additionally contested as a candidate for the Janata Dal (Secular) within the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from the Bijapur constituency however misplaced. He later rejoined the BJP after being denied the submit of state president by the Janata Dal (Secular) the identical yr.On Monday, in an interview, he stated, “I am not in any race. The PM will pick a leader who is honest, pro-Hindu and capable of bringing the party to power in the next polls as CM.”Pralhad Venkatesh JoshiSubsequent within the queue is Delhi based mostly chief, Prahlad Joshi who’s a Brahmin and can be the present Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs of India. He holds the place of Member of Parliament within the LokSabha since 2004 and in addition loved the facility of State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka (BJP) from 2014 to 2016. As a former President of the occasion in Karnataka, he enjoys the belief of BJP’s excessive command.BL SanthoshAnother Brahmin chief who can be within the queue for the place of CM is B.L. Santosh. He is presently the National General Secretary of the BJP since fifteenth July 2019. He studied chemical engineering at BDT College of Engineering in Davanagere, Karnataka. Detractors imagine that Santosh wields a variety of management in Karnataka BJP and throughout the BJP excessive command on the centre.C.T. RaviChikkamagaravalli Thimme Gowda Ravi presently holds the place of National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party and is a four-time legislator from Chikmagalur Constituency of Karnataka. He resigned his submit as a cabinet minister after being appointed because the National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party. He belongs to the Vokkaliga neighborhood.Murugesh NiraniIf BJP opts to go along with a substitute for Lingayat strongman Yediyurappa with a frontrunner from the Lingayat neighborhood, then businessman-politician and state Mining Minister Murugesh Nirani would be the first alternative. Nirani owns sugar and ethanol factories in north Karnataka. Union Home minister Amit Shah has marked Nirani’s presence over there earlier this yr throughout a tour of the state.Meanwhile, the chaotic situation of changing Yediyurappa as chief minister is being criticised by a frontrunner from Lingayat neighborhood in opposition Congress. M B Patil, who’s a former state minister gave the assertion, “The BJP may face the wrath of Lingayats if they ill-treat a tall leader like the Chief Minister. BJP should value Yediyurappa’s contribution and treat him with dignity. This is my personal opinion…”Yediyurappa is a robust chief who belongs to the Lingayat neighborhood. However, BJP has a plethora of choices to interchange him as soon as his resignation turns into official with out dropping affect or face within the state of Karnataka.