‘Wait and see the consequence’

PTI, Nov 11, 2023, 4:08 PM IST

Hubbali: Congress leader Jagadish Shettar the people need to wait and see the consequence of BJP’s decision to appoint BY Vijayendra Yediyurappa as Karnataka state chief.

After being appointed as Karnataka BJP president, BY Vijayendra thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party president JP Nadda for entrusting him to lead the party in the state.

“At last, they appointed the state BJP president. In the last six months, everybody has been asking when will the national party BJP appoint their state president. Wait and see what would be the consequence,” Jagadish Shettar said.

The appointment of Vijayendra Yediyurappa as the state BJP chief comes when the 2024 general elections are on the anvil.

Vijayendra Yediyurappa replaced Nalin Kumar Kateel as state party Chief. Vijayendra Yediyurappa belongs to the Lingayat community considered to be the mainstay of the BJP in the state.

The appointment of BJP Karnataka president had been pending since the party’s loss in the Assembly election in the state in May this year.

(With ANI inputs)