Will discuss cabinet expansion with Amit Shah during his Karnataka visit: Yediyurappa
Bengaluru, Jan 11: With no appointment yet to meet the BJP top brass in New Delhi to discuss the expansion of his ministry, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Saturday said he would discuss the matter with party president Amit Shah during the latter's visit to the state next week.
"On January 17-18 Amit Shah is coming here (Karnataka).
If he gives me time I will go (to Delhi), or else will talk to him here (when he visits) and take permission for cabinet expansion and do whatever possible in his presence," Yediyurappa told reporters here.
The Chief Minister had said on Thursday that he would leave for New Delhi, probably on January 11 or 12, to discuss the cabinet expansion with the BJP high command and was waiting for an appointment from national leaders.
Shah will be in the state next week to address a huge rally at Hubballi on January 18 as part of the BJPs nation- wide out-reach programme to create awareness among the people about the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Yediyurappa had earlier indicated that the cabinet expansion was likely after Sankranti (January 15), but sources said it may be slightly delayed now as the Chief Minister is yet to hold discussions with the high command on the matter.
With cabinet expansion on the cards, Yediyurappa has also hinted that he may not travel toDavosto attend the World Economic Forum meet later this month.
As the Chief Minister has already made it clear that 11 of the disqualified JDS-Congress MLAs who got re-elected in the December 5 bypolls on BJP tickets will be made ministers, lobbying has been on within the party for the remaining ministerial berths.
Currently there are 18 Ministers, including the Chief Minister in the cabinet that has a sanctioned strength is 34.
However, with reports that the high command may not be keen on making all 11 re-elected legislators, whom Yediyurappa has assured would be made ministers, it remains to be seen how things turn out.
The Chief Minister will not have it easy to carry out the cabinet expansion since he has to strike a balance by accommodating the victorious disqualified legislators as promised and also make place for old guards, upset at being "neglected" in the first round of the induction exercise.
He also has to give adequate representation to various castes and regions and also deal with allocation of key portfolios.
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Mizoram class 12 results out, pass percentage at 87.67
Aizawl (PTI): Mizoram recorded a pass percentage of 87.67 in the class 12 board examinations on Wednesday, with boys scoring marginally higher than girls,
Across the Arts, Science, and Commerce streams, boys secured an 87.7 per cent success rate, while girls followed closely at 87.66 per cent, according to the results published by the Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE).
Of the 12,243 students who sat for the examinations held between February and March, 10,734 passed, 1,394 could not, and 115 qualified for compartmental examinations.
Academic performance was strongest in the Commerce stream, which saw a 90.51 per cent success rate among 759 candidates.
The Science stream followed with 89.24 per cent pass rate out of 2,770 students who appeared for the exam, while the Arts stream, with 87,14 students, recorded a pass percentage of 86.93.
In terms of institutional performance, the results revealed that deficit schools, which receive regular government grants, maintained their status as top performers with an average 93.80 per cent pass rate across all streams, followed by private schools at 91.55 per cent, while state-run schools recorded a success rate 83.13 per cent.
