Exactly three weeks after taking oath as Chief Minister, the countdown for the expansion of his Ministry appears to have finally begun for B.S. Yediyurappa. He left for New Delhi on Thursday night to hold consultations with the party central leaders on the issue.
Though Mr. Yediyurappa had camped in New Delhi last week to get clearance for cabinet expansion, he had to return to Bengaluru abruptly as the flood situation aggravated and central leaders too were busy owing to the death of veteran leader Sushma Swaraj.
Mr. Yediyurappa had returned to flood-hit areas as he had been instructed by BJP national president Amit Shah to focus on relief work than ministerial expansion. The Chief Minister has now gone to Delhi as floods and rain fury have subsided and he needs ministerial colleagues to show visible presence of his government on ground.