CM Bommai Doing 'Commendable Work', No Change in Leadership: Yediyurappa

Talks about Bommai being replaced have been going on in the light of escalating communal violence in Karnataka.

Amidst speculations over leadership change in Karnataka, former chief minister and BJP leader BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday, 3 May, said that CM Basavaraj Bommai is doing ‘commendable work’ and there are no plans to change the leadership in the State.

Yediyurappa said, “There won't be a leadership change according to me. Basavaraj Bommai is doing a commendable work. As far I know, there is no change in Chief Minister in the state."

Talks about Bommai being replaced have been doing the rounds for days in the light of escalating communal violence in Karnataka, starting with the hijab row in January this year to right wing groups demanding a ban on Muslim traders last month.