Shettar to be sworn in as K'taka CM on July 12

July 10, 2012 19:05

Jagadish Shettar will be the new Chief Minister of Karnataka--the third in four years--and will be sworn in on Thursday after he was elected leader of ruling BJP legislature party today amid high drama over demands from warring factions before the change of guard.

The election of the 56-year-old Lingayat leader, which defused yet another crisis that gripped BJP's first government in south India, came after some last minute muscle flexing by the outgoing Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda's camp that delayed the legislature party meeting by at least five hours. The term of the BJP government is due to end in May 2013.

Gowda proposed the name of Shettar, currently Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister, and it was seconded by former Chief Minister and Lingayat strongman B S Yeddyurappa and state unit chief K S Eshwarappa. Shettar will meet Governor H R Bhardwaj tomorrow to inform him about his election as legislature party leader and stake his claim to form the government.

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