BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal expresses displeasure about some Ministers, urges cabinet reshuffle
Bengaluru, Dec 2: Claiming that there may be a "big change" after December 10, senior BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal on Thursday openly expressed displeasure about the functioning of some Ministers in the Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai-led cabinet, and urged him to effect a reshuffle.
He, however, ruled out any talks about Chief Minister change.
"...there may be a big change in Karnataka after December 10, there may be a complete cabinet reshuffle. All Ministers' performance reports will be taken, those who have failed (in performance) should be changed, and new faces should be given opportunity," Yatnal said.
Speaking to reporters here, he alleged that about seven to eight Ministers don't come to Vidhana Soudha at all and they don't give appointments to legislators or answer their phone calls.
"They are of the feeling that they will be Ministers permanently. While some Ministers are not doing any work, some are doing good job. There is displeasure (about non-performers), to get rid of it, the Chief Minister has to reshuffle his cabinet. The opinions of all legislators should be taken into account," he added.
Urging the Chief Minister to review the performance of Ministers regularly, Yatnal said some Ministers are often seen behind the CM all the time from morning till evening, instead of going to their office and doing their job.
"There is no need for them to roam around like the CM's tail. Let CM do his job and Ministers also do their departmental works at Vidhana Soudha and Vikasa Soudha (secretariat buildings) and conduct review in districts," he said.
"There are ineffective Ministers both among native and those who have come from other parties to BJP. It is good to drop them," he said, not willing to divulge details.
Asked whether there will be discussions on CM change after December 10, Yatnal said "such things won't be there, but the person whom Eshwarappa (senior leader and Minister) named recently will not become CM."
Eshwarappa had recently projected Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani as the future chief minister.
When B S Yediyurappa was the CM, Yatnal had openly criticised him and repeatedly predicted that he would be replaced.
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Trump’s fresh threat to bomb Iran amid reports of deal to end war
Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Iran with more bombing if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz, amid a report that the warring sides were nearing an agreement to end the war.
US media outlet Axios reported, quoting US officials and two other sources, that the US and Iran were getting close to a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations.
The US expects Iranian responses on several key points over the next 48 hours, Axios reported, adding that nothing has been agreed yet. This was the closest the parties had been to an agreement since the war began.
"Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
"If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before," Trump said.
According to Axios, the deal would involve Iran committing to a moratorium on nuclear enrichment, the US agreeing to lift its sanctions and release billions in frozen Iranian funds, and both sides lifting restrictions around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
It said many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached, leaving the possibility of renewed war or an extended limbo in which the hot war has stopped, but nothing is truly resolved.
