Basavaraj Bommai is new Karnataka Chief Minister |
New Chief Minister of India`s Karnataka state Basavaraj Bommai was sworn in 28th July. He was elected the new leader of state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that rules the central government in India headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Karnataka state is important as its capital is Bengaluru, touted as Silicon Valley of India. Also, Modi`s BJP has been able to wrest only that state in South India, whereas other 4 states are ruled by regional parties. Bommai is Karnataka`s 26th chief minister, and his appointment is the second instance in the state`s politics for a father-son duo to have occupied the top post. His father S R Bommai, a Janata Party leader, was 11th chief minister for one year between 1988 and 1989. The other father-son duo to have occupied the chief minister`s post are JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda and H D Kumaraswamy. Bommai, too, began his political career in the undivided Janata Dal. After completing mechanical engineering from the BV Bhoomareddy College of Engineering and Technical Education, Hubballi, Bommai worked in a private company for two years. In 2008, Bommai jumped to the BJP from JD(U). He was a minister during the Yediyurappa- Sadananda Gowda - Jagadish Shettar regime between 2008 and 2013. The three-time MLA served as the home minister in the previous Yediyurappa government.
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