Bowing to pressure from BS Yeddyurappa, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chose Karnataka’s Rural Development Minister Jagadish Shettar to replace Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda yesterday. The decision was taken at the BJP’s core committee meeting. But an announcement is expected only after Gowda meets party president Nitin Gadkari and senior leader LK Advani.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced that Jagadish Shettar, Rural Development Minister, will be appointed as Chief Minister. file pic