<p>Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Wednesday that he spoke with BJP national president J P Nadda over the phone and discussed the impending, but delayed the rejig of the Cabinet.</p>.<p>The phone conversation happened on Tuesday and it is said that Yediyurappa stressed with Nadda that the party’s central leadership should take a decision soon on the Cabinet expansion.</p>.<p>The CM also told Nadda that he is confident of winning both Sira and Rajarajeshwarinagar bypolls.</p>.<p>“Nadda and I have discussed it. If necessary, I will go to Delhi after the bypoll results,” Yediyurappa told reporters.</p>.<p>Yediyurappa went to Delhi in September to meet party leaders on expanding his Cabinet. But, he did not get a green signal and the process got halted because of the Monsoon Session of the legislature and the November 3 bypolls.</p>.<p>Yediyurappa is learnt to have told Nadda that delaying the Cabinet expansion further would be troublesome. The CM made a case for accommodating into this Cabinet those who helped the BJP come to power.</p>.<p>“It will be good if a decision is taken soon,” Yediyurappa told Nadda, sources said.</p>.<p>There are six berths vacant in the 34-member Cabinet. Yediyurappa will have to accommodate MLCs MTB Nagaraj, H Vishwanath, and R Shankar - rebels who helped the BJP come to power.</p>.<p>If Munirathna wins the Rajarajeshwarinagar bypoll, he could make it in. Plus, Yediyurappa will have to keep space for <span>Pratap Gowda Patil</span> who needs to win the Maski bypoll that is yet to be announced.</p>.<p>The CM has also publicly assured a berth for 8-time MLA Umesh Katti, who is sulking. There are several others who are vying to become ministers.</p>.<p>Some within the party opine that the Cabinet expansion was delayed because of differing stances taken by Yediyurappa and the party’s top brass.</p>.<p>While Yediyurappa prefers an expansion, the top brass wants to promote fresh faces through a reshuffle keeping the next election in mind.</p>.<p>It is said that Nadda may hold talks with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and take a call soon.</p>.<p>Yediyurappa is expected to go to Delhi to discuss who goes in and who goes out in case of a reshuffle.</p>
<p>Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Wednesday that he spoke with BJP national president J P Nadda over the phone and discussed the impending, but delayed the rejig of the Cabinet.</p>.<p>The phone conversation happened on Tuesday and it is said that Yediyurappa stressed with Nadda that the party’s central leadership should take a decision soon on the Cabinet expansion.</p>.<p>The CM also told Nadda that he is confident of winning both Sira and Rajarajeshwarinagar bypolls.</p>.<p>“Nadda and I have discussed it. If necessary, I will go to Delhi after the bypoll results,” Yediyurappa told reporters.</p>.<p>Yediyurappa went to Delhi in September to meet party leaders on expanding his Cabinet. But, he did not get a green signal and the process got halted because of the Monsoon Session of the legislature and the November 3 bypolls.</p>.<p>Yediyurappa is learnt to have told Nadda that delaying the Cabinet expansion further would be troublesome. The CM made a case for accommodating into this Cabinet those who helped the BJP come to power.</p>.<p>“It will be good if a decision is taken soon,” Yediyurappa told Nadda, sources said.</p>.<p>There are six berths vacant in the 34-member Cabinet. Yediyurappa will have to accommodate MLCs MTB Nagaraj, H Vishwanath, and R Shankar - rebels who helped the BJP come to power.</p>.<p>If Munirathna wins the Rajarajeshwarinagar bypoll, he could make it in. Plus, Yediyurappa will have to keep space for <span>Pratap Gowda Patil</span> who needs to win the Maski bypoll that is yet to be announced.</p>.<p>The CM has also publicly assured a berth for 8-time MLA Umesh Katti, who is sulking. There are several others who are vying to become ministers.</p>.<p>Some within the party opine that the Cabinet expansion was delayed because of differing stances taken by Yediyurappa and the party’s top brass.</p>.<p>While Yediyurappa prefers an expansion, the top brass wants to promote fresh faces through a reshuffle keeping the next election in mind.</p>.<p>It is said that Nadda may hold talks with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and take a call soon.</p>.<p>Yediyurappa is expected to go to Delhi to discuss who goes in and who goes out in case of a reshuffle.</p>
