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Trouble brews for CM Yediyurappa as BJP MLAs disapprove of cabinet expansion

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/14/2021 12:19:50 PM

Bengaluru, Jan 13 Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday sent a list of seven names to the Raj Bhavan of MLAs who will be inducted into the state cabinet. The muchawaited move came after CM Yediyurappa met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda and the party's Karnataka incharge Arun Singh in Delhi earlier this week. The names of Bilgi MLA Murugesh Nirani, Hukkeri MLA Umesh Katti, six-time Sullia MLA S Angara and Channapatna MLA CP Yogeshwar featured in the list sent by the CM to Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala. Other names in the list include Mahadevapura MLA Aravind Limbavali, MLC MTB Nagaraj and Ranebennur MLA R Shankar. Expansion of his cabinet, however, seems to have sparked more fires than Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa was hoping to extinguish. Several legislators have openly opposed the names suggested by the Chief Minister for the cabinet expansion. Karnataka MLC Vishwanath told India Today, "Yogeshwar is a fraud. There are many criminal cases against him. He has cheated many in real estate and today he is a minister.