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Yediyurappa changed his name to Yedyurappa after JD(S) refused to transfer the govt to BJP in Karnataka (in 2007). Looks like dropping the 'i' did work for Yediyurappa. He is also referred to as Yedi.

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  • January 2012
    • Major setback for Yeddyurappa; Karnataka HC rejects plea

      It might prove as a major setback for the former Chief Minister of Karnataka - BS Yeddyurappa as Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, Jan 31 rejected his plea regarding two corruption cases.

      Yeddyurappa, earlier had moved the High Court asking the court to quash the investigation against him by the Lokayukta. The Lokayukta of the state has been investigating the two cases against the former CM over illegal land denotification.

  • October 2011
    • BS Yeddyurappa not only a 'villain' but a forgotten HERO too

      Media and opposition leaders did not spare Yeddyurappa when he was admitted in hospital just after his arrest. Criticising his "hospital yatra", many political parties mocked at his situation. Even senior leaders of his own party seem to have left him (BSY) alone and hurt in the battle.

    • Yeddy misses maiden Metro ride;wishes to catch action on TV

      With the Namma Metro finally flagged off by Union Minister Kamal Nath and Karnataka CM Sadananda Gowda, the part played by former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa in getting the Metro on track cannot be forgotten at this time. The jailed former CM will now have to miss the first Metro ride that he was so eagerly hoping to attend since he is in judicial custody and thus in jail.

  • August 2011
    • Yeddyurappa slapped BJP leader, smashed laptop?

      BS Yeddyurappa was forced to resign as the Karnataka Chief Minister over his alleged role in illegal mining in the state. Increasing the jittery for the former CM, reports started circulating that Yeddyurappa had slapped a BJP leader and smashed a laptop while expressing his (BSY's) rage.

      As per the media reports, on Sunday, Jul 31, when Yeddyurappa was about to table his resignation, BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu faced the wrath from the former CM as he (Naidu) reportedly trying to appease him (BSY).

  • July 2011
    • The rise and fall of Yeddyurappa

      Once the BJP’s blued-eyed boy, B.S. Yeddyurappa was asked to resign his Chief Ministership by the party’s high command. A photo narrative of his political journey so far.

      Yeddyurappa's active participation in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh brought him to the Sangh Parivar's political arm, the Bharatiya Janata Party. Thus began his political journey. In this Nov 2009 file photo B.S.Yeddyurappa is seen at an RSS convention in Bangalore.

    • Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa resigns, finally

      After being indicted in the illegal mining scam, Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa finally resigned.

      Unconfirmed reports suggest that Yeddyurappa sent his resignation letter to BJP president Nitin Gadkari in the national capital.

    • Kumaraswamy slams CM for rejecting his demand for CBI probe

      JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy today (Jul 11) flayed Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's rejection of his demand for a CBI probe into the ruling BJP's charge that he and his family had amassed illegal wealth of Rs 1,500 crore.

      Kumaraswamy, who had called off his two-day old indefinite fast which he had launched on Saturday, demanding a CBI probe, insisted that the government order an investigation by the central agency. "The sum and substance of your letter is very alarming.

  • June 2011
    • Yeddyurappa-Kumaraswamy taking the battle to the Gods

      With the political scenario in Karnataka resembling a battle of nerves, the two main opponents Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and JD-S leader H D Kumaraswamy are engaging in some swearing of a different kind. Taking their battle to the Gods, with both parties claiming to prove their credibility and transparency in front of the Almighty.

      Kumaraswamy has responded to Yeddyurappa's challenge aptly and in the seriousness it deserves by saying that he was ready to go through a narco analysis test to prove the point that Yeddyurappa did indeed try to strike a "compromise" deal with him through one of his aides.

    • Kumaraswamy accepts Yeddyurappa's challenge

      JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy today (June 18) said he has accepted the challenge of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to testify before the Dharmasthala presiding deity, Lord Manjunatheshwara, on Yeddyurappa's "attempts to buy peace" with him.

      "I have accepted the Chief Minister's challenge. I am ready to be present at Dharmasthala on Monday, June 20 between 11.

    • Drama in Karnataka assembly; Yeddyurappa wins trust vote

      Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa once again proved his power in the state. Yeddyurappa succeeded to save his reign in the state, won trust vote.On the very first day of the state assembly on Thursday, Jun 2, the Karnataka CM won vote of confidence by voice vote.

      On the very first day of the state assembly on Thursday, Jun 2, the Karnataka CM won vote of confidence by voice vote.

  • May 2011
    • Yeddyurappa sticks with Reddy bros but ends Operation Lotus

      Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by BS Yeddyurappa has succeeded to complete three years of reign in Karnataka, though amid agonising circumstances. The CM finally called off his Operation Lotus which was initiated to lure opposition leaders and rebel MLAs."

      Operation Lotus was carried out in the state as Congress and JD(S) were luring BJP MLAs to dethrone my Government.

    • Yeddyurappa, a great survivor, completes 3 years in office

      Battling challenges and threats of being toppled, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, heading the first-ever BJP government in the south, is all set to complete three years in office on Monday, May 30.

      It has not been a smooth ride for Yeddyurappa who has managed to survive challenges to his leadership from within his own party twice as also threats from Governor H R Bhardwaj in the last three years.

    • K'taka CM-Guv war: Yeddyurappa makes Bhardwaj a 'jail bird'

      After the central government rejected Karnataka governor HR Bhardwaj's recommendation to impose president rule in the state, the government claimed that he has become a "jail bird".

      "Raj Bhavan is like a prison and I am like a jail bird here," said Bhardwaj while expressing powerless state in his own territory. Despite the central government's rejection to Bhardwaj's proposal, the ruling party BJP continues their demand to recall of the governor.

    • I will not utter a single word against Governor: Yeddyurappa

      After a running battle with the Governor for a week for recommending President's Rule in Karnataka, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today (May 24) softened his stand on H R Bhardwaj, saying he would not utter a "single word" against him and would respect the gubernatorial post.

      He also ruled out seeking a vote of confidence in the Legislative assembly, which commences on June 2, asserting that the BJP government led by him enjoyed "maximum majority".

      A week after Bhardwaj sent his "special report" triggering a political war in the state, the Centre rejected it on Sunday.

    • BJP plunges into celebratory mode; urges Guv's recall

      A mood of confrontation among the ruling BJP activists gave way to celebrations across Karnataka today (May 23) after the Centre rejected Governor H R Bhardwaj's recommendation to dismiss its government.

      A day after the UPA government announced the decision to dump the Bhardwaj special report, BJP leaders burst crackers, distributed sweets, raised slogans against the Governor and reiterated the party's demand for his immediate recall.

      The celebrations at the state unit BJP office was led by Home Minister R Ashoka, where partymen assembled and burst crackers and distributed sweets and raised anti-Governor slogans.

    • BSY threatens to plunge into anti-Guv campaign

      Virtually serving an ultimatum to H R Bhardwaj, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today (May 19) threatened to plunge into the agitation against the Governor's action recommending President's rule in Karnataka if he failed to give his approval by this evening for convening the Assembly from June 2.

      "By this evening, news should reach me (from Raj Bhavan) that approval has been given for the (legislature) session," Yeddyurappa told reporters here, a day after a brief bonhomie between the two amidst a raging political war.

      Otherwise, the Chief Minister said he would embark on a state-wide tour on an open-jeep addressing road-side rallies to build public opinion from tomorrow.

    • Karnataka: B S Yedyyurappa and H R Bhardwaj hug and make up

      Politics makes strange bed-fellows and thus there are no permanent friends or foes. There have been several such instances in the past and another one in the long list is that of Karnataka governor H R Bhardwaj and Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.

      The feud between the two is well-documented and has been in the public sphere for long. Even as recently as May 17, the two were involved in a bitter war of words where the governor wanted to impose President's rule in the state and the Chief minister alleged that Bhardwaj was working as an agent of the Congress high-command.

    • Acid test today; BSY & Co set to fetch K'taka storm in Delhi

      It seems that Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has become an iron man after handling political crisis simultaneously during his tenure in the state. Now, Yeddyurappa government once again has been forced to confront the acid-test as the quondam spat between the CM and the governor HR Bharadwaj reached its peak.Yeddyurappa, with his 127 MLAs, reached the national capital at the late evening of Monday, May 16.

    • Yeddy not in favour of floor test;but will take it if Guv asks

      Asserting that he enjoys absolute majority in the Assembly, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa today (May 15) said there is no need for a trust vote in the light of the Supreme Court setting aside disqualification of 11 BJP and five independent MLAs.However, Yeddyurappa, heading the first ever BJP Government in the South, said he would seek a floor test in the event of Governor H R Bhardwaj directing such a course."If the Governor wants it, I am duty bound to oblige him," he said.

    • Yeddyurappa govt on shaky ground; trust vote on cards?

      In spite of the fact that the BJP swept all the three Assembly constituencies in the bypolls, Yeddyurappa seem to be facing some tough times. After the Supreme Court quashed the disqualification of the 16 rebel MLAs that constitute 11 from the BJP and 5 Independents; the number game is back to haunt to Yeddyurappa.

    • K'taka: Is it Yeddyurappa's time to go; election on cards?

      It seems that BJP's ruling government may soon see the exit door as re-election is on the cards for the state as well as present Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa.In a major blow to the ruling BJP in Karnataka, the Supreme Court on Friday, May 13 quashed Assembly Speaker's decision to disqualify 16 MLAs ahead of the no confidence motion in 2010 which had ensured survival of the Yeddyurappa government.However, Yeddyurappa rejected to accept any defeat or threat on his ruling government as he deliberately informed, "I will honour the Supreme Court verdict.

    • Supreme Court spoils Karnataka CM's victory party

      Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has swept all the three assembly seats (results) on Friday, May 13, where by-polls were held on April 9. However, the BJP could not celebrate over the resounding victory.In a major blow to the ruling BJP in Karnataka, the Supreme Court today quashed Assembly Speaker's decision to disqualify 16 MLAs ahead of the no confidence motion last year which had ensured survival of the Yeddyurappa government.

    • Karnataka by-polls: BSY's party BJP sweeps all the seats

      Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has swept all the three assembly seats on Friday, May 13, where by-polls were held on April 9. The BJP candidate in Channapatna, in Ramanagaram district, CP Yogeshwar won with a whopping margin of 10,000 votes. Another candidate M Narayanaswamy in Bangarpet beat his opponents by 4050 votes.

    • Karnataka has no future with JDS around: Yeddyurappa

      Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday, May 8 said the JD(S) be "uprooted", noting that the state had no future with the party around and preferred the Congress to continue as the main opposition party.

      Claiming that there is a fight going on between the JD(S) and Congress over who should occupy slot of the main opposition party, he expressed his preference for the Congress to be in that position, saying the JDs had better go out. "Let's wait and see what happens in this fight", he told reporters here.

    • Dorjee Khandu's death grips BSY; curtails travel by chopper

      Amidst heightened concerns over the safety of choppers, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, a frequent flier, today (May 6) said he would curtail his travel by helicopter from next month.

      "I have decided to cut the use of helicopter from next month. I will only be using the chopper to visit districts on two days -- Friday and Saturday," he told reporters here.

  • April 2011
    • BSY bowled out by his own googly; No BDA sites for WC Heroes

      BS Yeddyurappa has again been forced to put his foot in his mouth. The Karnataka Chief Minister has gone back on his declaration to allot BDA sites to all 15 World Cup winning players including coach Gary Kristen.

      After announcing to present BDA sites to the player, Yeddyurappa came under several criticism from the legal experts of the state as they showed Yeddyurappa's inability to allot such sites to anyone.

    • Yeddyurappa a survivor after three years at helm

      In May, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka will celebrate three years in government, having overcome a trust vote, internal disputes and corruption charges against its chief minister, B.S. Yeddyurappa.

      The opposition and even sections within his own party have accused the chief minister of making deals to favour his family and other irregularities—several of these relating to allocations or denotifications of land.

  • March 2011
    • Yeddyurappa a stray dog,only barks does not bite:Kumaraswamy

      Karnataka state politics is getting nasty and ugly day by day as senior politicians like JD(U) chief HD Kumaraswamy and Chief Minister and BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa have engaged in hit and run tactics.

      The controversy regarding land scam in the state reached its peak when Kumaraswamy called Yeddyurappa a "drunkard" and a "stray dog." The unscathed allegations began when Yeddyurappa accused former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his family in yet another land scam.

    • Kumaraswamy accuses BSY of securing kickbacks

      In a fresh salvo against Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday, Mar 9 alleged that he and his family had secured "illegal gains" through donations of Rs 27.18 crore made to a trust run by his son.

      The donations were made in the last two years by various persons and firms, some for favours, Kumaraswamy alleged, releasing the documents to "expose" Yeddyurappa's corruption.

  • February 2011
    • Yeddyurappa vows to take political sanyas

      After the period of scams and allegations, now it seems that it's the time for resignations. Following his arrest, former telecom minister A Raja resigned from DMK's propaganda secretary post. CWG OC chief Suresh Kalmadi has been sacked from his position. and now, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa vowed to take political sanyas (political retirement).

      Don't be surprised. To get the background and more details of the news, please read on.

  • January 2011
    • Witchcraft haunts BSY; Opposition ridicules

      The Karnataka chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Monday, Jan 31 claimed there was a conspiracy to eliminate him by taking recourse to black magic. He also added that he has no guarantee for his life and not even sure of returning home after going to Vidhana Soudha.

      The chief Minister who is already reeling in number of controversies, courted another fresh controversy on Monday. Yeddyurappa's statement immediately drew ridicule from the Opposition parties and his remarks are likely to increase the political pressure in the state.

    • BSY admits land allotment was a mistake

      The Karnataka chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa admitted that he made a mistake by allotting the lands in and round the Bangalore to his sons. Yeddyurappa drew flak from the Governor HR Bharadwaj and opposition parties for allotting lands for his kins. The charges against Yeddyurappa also pressed the governor to sanction his prosecution and Opposition tried to make cash in on issue as much as possible.

      Yeddyurappa on Friday, Jan 28 said, "if land is there you can offer it to anybody. My mistake is I allotted land to my son. If court takes a decision, let them take back the land."

    • BSY govt gets clean chit in 2008 church attacks

      After a long time BS Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka received a good news. The panel, which investigated into the 2008 church attacks cases, gave clearance to the state government.

      The panel, headed by retired Karnataka high court judge, BK Somashekara said, "There is no basis to the apprehension of petitioners that politicians, BJP, sangha parivar (as pro-Hindu outfits are called) and the state government are directly or indirectly involved in the attacks."

    • Bharadwaj-Yeddyurappa spat mars K'taka R-day?

      What could potentially have transpired between Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and Governor H R Bhardwaj when they met during the Republic Day parade in Bangalore. Did the sparks fly or did the occasion pass with muted feelings.

      The Chief Minister-Governor spat in Karnataka was notorious for its war of words and a power struggle, the ripples of which reached Delhi as well. But, the meeting between the two was cordial and did not reveal signs of strain, against expectations. They greeted each other cordially and was mostly civil in approach.

    • K'taka bandh increases BSY's case pages

      The friction between the Governor and state government in Karnataka were took to streets on Saturday, Jan 22. BJP's peaceful bandh turned ugly and worst as possible. Post the turmoil, the Governor HR Bhardwaj, gave a nod to prosecute BS Yeddyurappa. Two criminal cases were filed against Yeddyurappa on Saturday, by two advocates, before Judge C B Hipparagi of the special court.

      The advocates Sirajin Basha and K.N. Balaraj said, "We can file a total of six complaints in three cases. We will file the remaining ones on Monday."

    • K'taka Guv clarifies BSY-prosecution demand

      Karnataka and its state capital Bangalore observed one of its worst political situation which reached to its peak with the violent bandh on Saturday, Jan 22 called by the ruling party BJP.

      Despite CM BS Yeddyurappa's claim of a peaceful bandh, the state witnessed the contrary situation on Jan 22. However, citing the worst circumstances, the governor HR Bhardwaj clarified the reasons behind his decision of CM's prosecution.

    • Yeddyurappa jittery over prosecution threats

      Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa is literally having the jitters as the Governor-Chief Minister spat seem to enter the next level. With Governor HR Bhardwaj hell-bent on nailing the CM on his alleged involvement in the land scams, Yeddyurappa is definitely going through sleepless nights.

      Yeddyurappa has written to the Governor saying, "It would be nothing short of a farce and a colourable exercise on the part of Your Excellency to even consider any sanction for prosecution." He also stated that such a move would demean the independent judicial commission appointed to inquire into the controversial land dealings from 1995-2010. The commission has been appointed by the state government.

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With the Namma Metro finally flagged off by Union Minister Kamal Nath and Karnataka CM Sadananda Gowda, the part played by former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa in getting the Metro on track cannot be forgotten at this time. The jailed former CM will now have to miss the first Metro ride that he was so eagerly hoping to attend since he is in judicial custody and thus in jail.