Senior BJP legislator and former Union minister Basanagouda Patil Yatnal triggered a fresh controversy over leadership on Tuesday, by claiming that chief minister BS Yediyurappa will not remain in office for long and that the high command has decided that his successor will be from North Karnataka.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bs-yediyurappa-wont-stay-cm-for-long-says-basanagouda-patil-yatnal-bjp-rejects-claim/articleshow/78779515.cms