BJP's Karnataka succession puzzle puts central leadership's strategy to test

Bengaluru, Nov 4 (UNI) The BJP central leadership faces a delicate political balancing act in Karnataka, with the impending leadership decision centred on whether to continue with state president Vijayendra Yedoyurappa or undertake an organisational reshuffle without alienating his father and former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's influential camp and other senior leaders ahead of the 2028 Assembly elections. The decision, expected to have implications beyond the appointment of a state president, will test the ability of BJP's central leadership to reconcile competing leadership ambitions, address factional differences and put the state unit on a coordinated political footing. With Vijayendra completing…