Bengaluru: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi Sunday broke the silence about the ongoing discussion over yesterday's late-night meeting with Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai (July 24).

Pralhad Joshi said, "There is no question of a front runner or back runner. No one from the high command has spoken to me about it (succeeding BS Yediyurappa). It's only the media, which is discussing it".

Meanwhile, Basavaraj Bommai said leadership change is just 'speculations'.

Bommai said, "They are just speculations; nothing is official. I don't want to answer any speculative question".

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Both Joshi and Bommai are on the list of probable chief ministers of Karnataka.

Joshi is a staunch RSS man. He is a Member of Parliament from Dharwad and currently a Cabinet minister in the Modi government. He was also the State President of Karnataka BJP from 2014 to 2016. He has been elected to Lok Sabha in the general elections of 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019. Joshi was known to be close with the BJP leader, the late Ananth Kumar.

Bommai is another leader from North Karnataka. He is known as a Yediyurappa loyalist. Currently, he is Minister of State for Home Affairs. Bommai is the son of former chief minister Late SR Bommai. Basavaraj is widely acclaimed for his contributions to innumerable irrigation schemes.