BENGALURU: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, who reached New Delhi on Thursday by a special flight, is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday morning. He will discuss cabinet expansion and other issues affecting the state, like floods and Covid-19, and seek more grants for development works.
In Delhi, he told the media, ‘’I have come here to discuss development issues and also to get the party leadership’s approval for cabinet expansion.’’ Late on Thursday evening, party national general secretary BL Santhosh called on Yediyurappa at Karnataka Bhavan.
Yediyurappa, accompanied by Deputy CM Govind Karjol, met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, too, was present when Yediyurappa called on the Finance Minister. His meeting with BJP national president J P Nadda is scheduled for Friday.
During his stopover at Kalaburgi for the Kalyana Karnataka Utsava earlier in the day, the Chief Minister told media persons that he will discuss with the PM and other senior leaders regarding release of more grants to take up flood relief works, irrigation projects in the state, development works and opening more Covid-19 testing centres and treatment facilities apart from cabinet expansion. When asked whether he would expand his cabinet before the start of the legislature session, Yediyurappa said that he is ready to do it if the party bosses give the nod.
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