Bengaluru, May 20 -- Political activity within the Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has intensified with the arrival of the first batch of central observers to discuss the appointment of the party's new state president and deliberate on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue.

Senior BJP leaders, including Shiv Prakash, Baijayant Jay Panda and Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, reached Bengaluru on Wednesday, May 20. The observers are scheduled to interact with key BJP leaders across the state on Thursday, May 21, and collect their views regarding the leadership transition in the Karnataka BJP unit.

Apart from discussions on the state president's selection, the central team is also expected to conduct meetings with party l...