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BS Yediyurappa

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  • Born 27 February 1943
  • Age 81
  • Birth Place Bookanakere, Kingdom Of Mysore, British India, (present-day, Karnataka, India, )
  • Profession Politician
  • Political Party Bharatiya Janata Party<small>(1980-2012; 2014-present)</small>
  • In Office 19th Chief Minister Of Karnataka 26 July 2019 - 28 July 2021, 5th Deputy Chief Minister Of Karnataka 3 February 2006 - 8 October 2007, Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha 16 May 2014 - 19 May 2018, Leader Of OppositionKarnataka Legislative Assembly 27 December 1994 - 18 December 1996, Member Of Karnataka Legislative Assembly 16 May 2018 - 13 May 2023, Member Of Karnataka Legislative Council 18 June 2000 - 17 May 2004, President Of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka 8 April 2016 - 26 July 2019

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BS Yediyurappa BIOGRAPHY

B S Yediyurappa: A Dominant Force in Karnataka Politics Born 27 February 1943, B S Yediyurappa is a veteran Indian politician and a prominent figure in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His political career spans decades, marked by significant achievements and controversies. Elected eight times as a...

BS Yediyurappa PERSONAL LIFE

Spouse Mythradevi ​ ​(1967; died 2004), ​
Children 5, including B. Y. Raghavendra, B. Y. Vijayendra

POSITIONS HELD BY BS Yediyurappa

Position Tenure
Member of the 16th Lok Sabha N/A
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly N/A
Member of the 15th Lok Sabha N/A

BS YEDIYURAPPA NEWS

Will travel across Karnataka to strengthen BJP ahead of 2023 assembly polls, says Yediyurappa

August 28, 2022 6:51 am

The former Karnataka chief minister, however, made it clear that he is not going to contest the elections.

BJP leader, former Karnataka minister Eshwarappa gets clean chit in civil contractor death case

July 20, 2022 10:07 pm

The BJP leader had been named in the FIR registered over the death of the civil contractor for abetment of suicide after the family of the contractor claimed that non-payment of dues for road work implemented by Patil, and a demand for a 40 per cent commission by Eshwarappa – who was the rural development minister – and his aides, were the causes for the death.

Former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa granted bail in land denotification case

June 20, 2022 4:21 pm

A special court in Bengaluru had ordered registration of a corruption case against BJP leader B S Yediyurappa earlier this year over the alleged illegal grant of state land to a private party when he was the Karnataka deputy chief minister.

Karnataka: Son denied MLC candidature, BSY says party will give him ‘big opportunity’

May 26, 2022 2:45 am

Yediyurappa had gambled on the prospect of the BJP nominating Vijayendra for the Legislative Council polls after assurances from a Union minister from Karnataka, according to sources close to him.

Karnataka BJP clears BSY’s son for MLC polls, Bommai says high command will finalise move

May 15, 2022 2:32 pm

The state unit also gave its nod to re-elect Nirmala Sitharaman to Rajya Sabha. A BJP leader said that if Yediyurappa’s son B Y Vijayendra gets elected, there will be a demand for his induction into the Cabinet.

Bengaluru News Highlights: Leaders of opposition parties from south Karnataka to join BJP, hints CM

May 06, 2022 11:21 pm

Bengaluru News Highlights: Meanwhile, the JD(S) is set to sound the poll bugle for the 2023 Assembly polls in Karnataka with a massive rally planned on the outskirts of Bengaluru on May 13.

Improper to name Shivamogga airport after me, BSY writes to Karnataka CM

April 24, 2022 5:17 pm

Yediyurappa’s letter comes after the government’s decision to name the airport after him was not received well in various quarters amid demands to name it after various freedom fighters or poet Kuvempu.

Karnataka BJP wary of corruption allegations fallout; keeps Yediyurappa at hand, mulls revamp

April 25, 2022 8:56 am

‘Communal narrative will not yield results if corruption issue is not addressed,’ says a BJP functionary.

PM Modi, Bommai, BSY have put Karnataka on development path: Nadda

April 18, 2022 7:01 am

BJP national president JP Nadda’s praise for the Karnataka chief minister at the party’s state executive committee meeting comes amid speculation about his future in the government and against the backdrop of several controversies.

Yediyurappa, senior BJP minister call for end to divisive politics, CM Bommai says all are equal

April 12, 2022 12:39 pm

The Opposition has alleged that CM Bommai has turned a blind eye even as Hindutva groups sought to prevent Muslims from doing business at temples, demanded boycott of halal meat and other businesses linked to Muslims.

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