bengaluruballari close on the heels of gali janardhana reddys announcement to form the kalyana rajya pragathi paksha krpp chief minister basavaraj bommai said he will go to delhi on monday and discuss the issue with the leadership reddys close friend b sriramulu said he will continue to be a loyal foot soldier of the bjpreddy is smart and experienced and my best friend he was a big strength to the bjp even the bjp was a big strength to him he never gave up the party nor had the party given up on him till date i have stood like a rock behind him i have spoken to the leadership in this regard he said sriramulu said efforts are being made to change reddys mind but if the ideology does not align how far can we convince him is a question i will not debate or analyse as of now whether creating a new party is good or bad for the bjp or reddy i am sure reddy has taken an informed and honest decision said the st welfare and transport minister sriramulu said the new party may not have much impact in ballari over the party workers the bjp has a history and an ideology creation of a new party will not hurt us he said adding that their friendship will continue however we will see how the political alignment will go i do not want to comment on it now he said meanwhile the congress dismissed the chances of the new party having any impact on it in ballari cabinet expansionbommai is expected to discuss the possibility with the central leadership on expansion of his cabinet by bringing back former rdpr minister ks eshwarappa and former water resources minister ramesh jarkiholi who had resigned following scandals allegedly involving them any decision of the expansion will see a couple of new names being brought months before the polls according to sources the rejig may happen in the first week of january 2023 if the leadership gives the nod