Message On Cabinet Expansion From BJP Likely In 2 Days: New Karnataka Chief Minister

Karnataka: Ministers, are camping in Delhi and are lobbying to make it to the new cabinet, some have openly expressed their aspirations.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said he is likely to get a message from the BJP high command on cabinet expansion in a couple of days and will have to leave for New Delhi once again to finalise it. "I couldn't meet J P Nadda (BJP National President) today, but had met him yesterday. Most likely they will send a message to me in two days and I'll have to go to Delhi once again. We will finalise the cabinet," Mr Bommai said. Asked whether the cabinet expansion will take place in two stages, he told reporters on his arrival from Delhi that it cannot be revealed now. Mr Bommai was on a two-day visit to Delhi during which he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Nadda, a host of central Ministers, MPs and Ministers from Karnataka, among others. Ministerial aspirants, meanwhile, have continued lobbying to secure a berth in the new cabinet. While several legislators, including some former