Bengaluru: Basavaraj Bommai, during his first visit to New Delhi as chief minister, stated on Friday July 30 that the cabinet would be formed in a week. He met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other senior BJP leaders.
He told the media that his visit was solely to express gratitude to party leaders for selecting him as CM and that there was no talk of expanding the cabinet. Sources within the party claimed that Bommai is returning to Karnataka with the first list of cabinet candidates.
Bommai urged Modi to approve an AIIMS in Hubballi-Dharwad and an AIIMS-like institute in Raichur, which the NITI Aayog has designated as an aspirational district. He also requested for ESIC Medical College and Hospital in Kalaburagi be upgraded to a Regional AIIMS-like Institute.
Bommai’s cabinet is expected to be a 34-member council.
