Bengaluru, May 25 -- In a sign that the BJP central leadership is unwilling to disturb the delicate power balance in Karnataka, the party is likely to retain Vijayendra Yediyurappa as its state president, underlining the continuing influence of veteran Lingayat leader BS Yediyurappa in the party's southern stronghold.
The development comes shortly after the Karnataka visit of National BJP chief Nitin Nabin, which had triggered speculation over possible organisational changes in the state BJP unit in the wake of the party's defeat in two recent assembly by-elections won by the Congress.
Party insiders indicated that the BJP leadership sees continuity in Karnataka as critical at a time when the Congress government led by Chief Minister Sidd...