Belagavi: Expelled BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal claimed on Friday that Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and Karnataka BJP chief B.Y. Vijayendra met Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the government formation in the state.

He said, however, Amit Shah, the proposal to form a government in Karnataka with Shivakumar.

The development comes amid reports of a leadership change in the state between the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister of the ruling Congress party,

“Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will not easily give up the CM’s post to this candidate (Shivakumar). Talks have already taken place between Shivakumar and the BJP leadership. Vijayendra took Shivakumar to Delhi. The ‘business’ regarding the CM and Deputy CM posts was finalised between them. But Union Home Minister A

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