There are hopes that the Bhartiya Janata Party, might get some stability in its first government in South India after Jagadish Shettar has been selected as the Chief Minister of the state of Karnataka. The new chief minister has been brought after the resignation of Sadananda Gowda.
The BJP legislators will meet in Bangalore today on July 10, 2012 at 11 am in Bangalore to elect Shettar as the new Chief Minister. It is expected that Shettar will be unanimously elected as the new leader through a resolution amidst the central observers Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh.
Shettar will become the party’s third Chief Minister of the state on four years. Hectic meetings were held throughout yesterday on July 9, 2012 with the ministers, lawmakers and cadres while discussing the formation of the government including the cabinet representations.
On the other hand the outgoing Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda is going to approach the Governor HR Bhardwaj on July 10, 2012 at Raj Bhavan to submit his resignation. The resignation was announced after BJP president Nitin Gadkari announced on in New Delhi on July 8, 2012 that Shettar will be replaced Gowda as the Chief minister. After the meeting of the Legislature party, Shettar will be meeting the Governor and stake claim to form the government with resolution from the party state.