The much awaited expansion of Karnataka cabinet is likely to get delayed, with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday stating that it will be done after BJP national President Amit Shah's visit to the state on January 18.
As the Chief Minister is scheduled to travel to Davos to attend the World Economic Forum meet, the very next day- January 19, the Ministry expansion exercise is likely to take place only after his return.
"On January 19, I will have to go to Davos, where I will take part in an investors meet and come back on January 23," Yediyurappa said.
Speaking to reporters in Shikaripura, he said, "Amit Shah is coming to state on January 18, after discussing with him at the earliest I will expand the cabinet."
Also, disqualified legislators, who lost on BJP ticket during the bypoll, openly expressing their ministerial
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