State BJP observers to collect opinion as part of process to appoint new president for Yadgir district unit of the party

Observers from BJP State unit arrive in Yadgir to appoint new district president from many aspirants lobbying for the post.

Aspirants to the post of district president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have resumed their lobbying as observers from the State party unit arrived in Yadgir to collect opinion to finalise the name.

According to information made available by the BJP district unit, five observers will collect opinion from local leaders and workers and also discuss with aspirants and submit a report to the State party office where a core committee will discuss the issue and finalise the name, appointing him as the new district president.

“The observers could have conducted the meeting on Tuesday itself. But the scheduled meeting has been postponed to Thursday due to the demise of a prominent BJP worker Neelakantharay Yelheri,” outgoing district president Sharanabhupal Reddy said.

He said that “Jagadish Hiremani and Basavaraj Yankanchi from the State, Rajkumar Patil Telkur, Amarnath Patil, Eshwar Singh Thakur, Arun Billad and Suryakanth Doni from the division are the observers. MPs, the former MP, the former MLAs and MLCs, district president and general secretary and all members of the district core committee will discuss the issue and send the details to the State party office.”

There are many aspirants who have already met State president B.Y. Vijayendra individually and are lobbying for the post.

Siddappa Hotti, Khandappa Dasan, Devendra Nath Nad, Venkatareddy Abbetumakur, Suresh Ambiger, Bheemaraya Jangali and Naganagouda Hayyal from Yadgir Assembly constituency, Sharanagouda Badiyal and Mallanagouda Hattikuni from Gurmitkal Assembly constituency, Ameenreddy Patil Yalagi, Rajugouda Ukkinal, Yallayya Nayak, Rajshekhar Googal, Basavaraj Vibhutihalli and Guru Kama from Shahapur Assembly constituency and H.C. Patil from Shorapur Assembly constituency are the aspirants.

The former MLAs Narasimha Nayak (Shorapur), Venkatareddy Mudnal and Veerabasanth Reddy Mudnal (Yadgir) will play a key role in finalizing the name for the post.