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State BJP to get new president
Updated On: 16 September, 2009 09:12 AM IST | | B V Shiva Shankar
Limbavali is most likely to take charge in December
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Limbavali is most likely to take charge in December
Aravind Limbavali, minister for higher education, is tipped to be the next state BJP president.
Party insiders say Limbavali is expected to take charge in December following the election of a new national president in November.
RSS man Bal Apte is rumoured to replace Rajnath Singh and state party president Sadananda Gowda is expected to move to Karnataka Milk Federation as the chairman.
Neutral's the flavour
"The turbulence at the national level has prompted leaders to go for a neutral person at the helm," said a BJP leader. "Apte fits the bill."
Earlier, the name of former Mysore MP C H Vijaya Shankar was being bandied about for the state leadership. But state leaders preferred a strong organisational man to a mild leader. Limbavali is regarded as grassroots politician and the only leader to have contacts with workers at the block level, after chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and Ananthkumar.
"He knows the geography and demography of all the 224 constituencies like the back of his hand andu00a0 this could be one of the reasons why he's being considered."
However, Limbavali is not neutral like Apte. With an ABVP background, he was a loyal follower of Ananthkumar, also from the ABVP. However, he recently switched loyalties and moved to the Yeddyurappa camp.
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The new leader? Limbavali might head the state's BJP soon |
Party insiders say Limbavali is expected to take charge in December following the election of a new national president in November.
RSS man Bal Apte is rumoured to replace Rajnath Singh and state party president Sadananda Gowda is expected to move to Karnataka Milk Federation as the chairman.
Neutral's the flavour
"The turbulence at the national level has prompted leaders to go for a neutral person at the helm," said a BJP leader. "Apte fits the bill."
Earlier, the name of former Mysore MP C H Vijaya Shankar was being bandied about for the state leadership. But state leaders preferred a strong organisational man to a mild leader. Limbavali is regarded as grassroots politician and the only leader to have contacts with workers at the block level, after chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and Ananthkumar.
"He knows the geography and demography of all the 224 constituencies like the back of his hand andu00a0 this could be one of the reasons why he's being considered."
However, Limbavali is not neutral like Apte. With an ABVP background, he was a loyal follower of Ananthkumar, also from the ABVP. However, he recently switched loyalties and moved to the Yeddyurappa camp.
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