Team News Riveting
New Delhi
Basavaraj Bommai, the newly elected Chief Minister of Karnataka, on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi at his residence.
He assumed the office on Wednesday and made an immediate visit to Delhi to discuss the Cabinet formation and other political issues related to the state. He would be on a two-day visit to the national capital.
Sharing a picture with Bommai, PM Modi tweeted, “Met CM of Karnataka Shri @BSBommai ji today. Conveyed best wishes as he begins a new journey for Karnataka’s progress. Assured full support for the development of Karnataka.”
Earlier in the day, he called on Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi and Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. After his meeting with Shah, Bommai said, “He (Shah) asked me to give good governance in the state. I assured him that whatever faith you have reposed in me, I will do.”
Bommai was elected as the new leader of the BJP legislature party on Tuesday following senior leader BS Yediyurappa’s resignation from the CM post.
Meanwhile, Yediyurappa asserted that he will not intervene in the selection of ministers in the new Cabinet. “Bommai is in Delhi today, in a few days he will discuss with the central leaders and decide on who should be in his cabinet, I will not intervene on who should be made minister or not. Bommai is completely free, he will discuss and choose his cabinet ministers…I will not give any suggestions on this,” the former Karnataka CM was quoted as saying by a news agency.
