Union Home Minister Amit Shah today gave the go-ahead to the much-anticipated Karnataka government's cabinet expansion to accommodate disgruntled BJP MLAs such as KS Eshwarappa and Ramesh Jarkiholi just ahead of the 2023 elections. He also chaired a key meeting with booth level workers in Karnataka to discuss the required grassroots level preparations ahead of the 2023 Assembly elections in the state, to be held in May. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and other party leaders like state Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, BJP General Secretary and state in-charge Arun Singh, National General Secretary BL Santhosh, and National Secretary CT Ravi, were in attendance.