Chief Minister-designate’s first stop before taking oath; family arrives in Raj Bhavan
Basavaraj Bommai visits Bhagwan Sree Maruthi Temple on Palace Road in Bengaluru on July 28, 2021 before heading to Raj Bhavan to take oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka.
| Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain
Chief Minister-designate Basavaraj Bommai visited the Bhagawan See Maruthi Temple on Palace Road in Bengaluru before heading to Raj Bhavan to take oath as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 28.
The BJP MLA was chosen to succeed B.S. Yediyurappa at a meeting of the BJP Legislature Party in a hotel in Bengaluru on July 27. The process was overseen by BJP Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh, State unit president Nalin Kumar Kateel, central observers Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and G. Kishan Reddy.
Mr. Bommai has been elected to the Karnataka Assembly from Shiggaon in Haveri district since 2008. Prior to that, he was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from 1998…