Politics is high in the state of Karnataka. A week after he was made the national general secretary of the BJP, Karnataka Minister CT Ravi abdicated from his position of the Tourism and Culture Minister in BS Yediyurappa cabinet. Sources stated that while Ravi submitted his resignation to Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, it is yet to be formally accepted. He will fly to the national capital on Monday to meet the top leaders of the party. The resignation comes as expected after Ravi had hinted that he might not carry on with the tourism portfolio after getting the key post in the party’s organization.

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When he was at his home district headquarters town of Chikkamagaluru last week on Thursday, CT Ravi has said that he had kept his resignation letter ready for submission. Ravi's resignation also comes in the midst of reports that the Chief Minister may go in for a Cabinet reshuffle and expansion soon. There are 28 ministers in Karnataka against the maximum permissible limit of 34. There are many ministerial candidates, including those who had switched over to the ruling BJP from the Congress and the JD(S).

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On September 26, Ravi was named as one of the eight national general secretaries. Incidentally, along with Ravi, his party colleague from the state and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, too, was made the national president of the party’s youth wing. It may be recalled that Ravi was initially frustrated with his portfolio following the formation of the BSY government in 2019. Ravi, who is the party’s MLA from Chikkamagaluru, was upset when he was given such a low key portfolio and had even decided to resign within an hour of his appointment. 

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