B. S. Yeddyurappa
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| B. S. Yeddyurappa | |
| Preceded by | H. D. Kumaraswamy |
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| Succeeded by | To be decided |
| Constituency | Shikaripur |
| Born | 27 February 1943 Bookanakere, Mandya district, Karnataka |
| Political party | BJP |
| Spouse | Late Mythradevi |
| Children | 2 sons and 3 daughters |
| Residence | Bangalore |
| Religion | Hindu Lingayat |
| As of November 12, 2007 Source: [1] | |
B. S. Yeddyurappa (Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa) (Kannada: ಬಿ.ಎಸ್. ಯಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪ) is the former chief minister of Karnataka state of India. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party and represents Shikaripur in the Karnataka legislative assembly. He is the first person from the BJP to become the Chief Minister of a South Indian state.[1]
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[edit] Personal life
Yeddyurappa was born on February 27, 1943 in the village of Bookanakere in the Mandya district of the state of Karnataka.[2][3]. His father Siddalingappa and mother Puttathayamma belonged to the Lingayat community. He was named after the presiding deity of a Shaivite temple built by the saint Siddalingeshwar at Yediyur, in Tumkur district of Karnataka.[4] He lost his mother when he was just four year old.[1] He completed his education with a degree in Bachelor of Arts.
In 1965, he got a job of a first-division clerk in the social welfare department but instead shifted to Shikaripur where he joined as a clerk at Veerabhadra Shastri's Shankar rice mill. In 1967, Yeddyurappa married Mythradevi, the daughter of Veerabhadra Shastri. He later set up a hardware shop in Shimoga.
Yeddyurappa has two sons; Raghavendra and Vijayendra and three daughters; Arunadevi, Padmavati and Umadevi.[5] In 2004, he lost his wife when she accidentally fell into a water tank.[6] In 2007, on the advice of his astrologer, he changed the spelling of his English name from Yediyurappa to Yeddyurappa to have luck on his side.[7]
[edit] Career
Yeddyurappa's stint in public life began when he was appointed as the secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Shikaripur unit in 1970. In 1972, he was elected as the President of the Taluk unit of the Jan Sangh.[5] In 1975, he was elected as the President of the Town Municipality of Shikaripur. He was imprisoned during the Emergency in India between 1975 and 1977 and was lodged in the Bellary and Shimoga jails. In 1980, he was appointed as the President of the Shikaripur taluk unit of the BJP and he later went on to become the president of BJP's Shimoga district unit in 1985. In 1988, he became the President of the BJP unit of the state of Karnataka.
He was first elected to the lower house of Karnataka Legislature in 1983 and has since represented the Shikaripur constituency five times. He has been a member of the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Legislative Assemblies (lower house) of Karnataka. In the Tenth Assembly, he was chosen as Leader of Opposition. In 1999, he lost the elections but was nominated by the BJP to become a member of the legislative council (upper house) of Karnataka.[8]
He rose to prominence when he helped Janata Dal (Secular) party's H. D. Kumaraswamy to bring down the coalition government of Dharam Singh. Kumaraswamy formed the government with the help of the Bharatiya Janta Party in Karnataka headed by Yeddyurappa. A deal was struck between the Janata Dal (Secular) and Bharatiya Janta Party, which specified that H. D. Kumaraswamy would be the Chief Minister for the first 20 months, after which Yeddyurappa would become to Chief Minister for the remaining 20 months of the current tenure of the Legislature. Yeddyurappa was nominated as the Deputy Chief Minister as well as the finance minister in Kumaraswamy's Government.
However in October 2007, when Yeddyurappa's turn of becoming the Chief Minister was supposed to start, Kumaraswamy refused to resign from the post of the Chief Minister. This forced Yeddyurappa and all of the ministers from his party to resign and on October 5th, he met the governor and formally withdrew the BJP's support from the government. Karnataka was put under President's rule which was revoked on November 7. During the period of the President's rule, the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Bharatiya Janta Party decided to bury their differences and this paved the way for Yeddyurappa to become the Chief Minister of Karnataka. Yeddyurappa was sworn in as the 25th Chief Minister of Karnataka on November 12, 2007. However, JDS refused to support his government which made him to resign on November 19, 2007.[citation needed]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Yeddyurappa's journey from farming to chief ministership. Online Edition of The Hindu dated 2007-11-12. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ^ Yeddyurappa to become BJP's first CM in South. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ^ B. S. Yediyurappa. Online webpage of the Karnataka Legislature. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ^ Pradeep Kaushal. Many yatras later, finally there. Online Edition of The Indian Express, dated 2007-11-11. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ^ a b Bookanakere ecstatic for its victorious son, Page 6, Times of India, Bangalore Edition, dated 2007-11-12
- ^ Yediyurappa bereaved. Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 2004-10-17. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ^ Parade done, over to Raj Bhavan, Path cleared for BJP reins. Online Edition of The Telegraph, dated 2007-10-30. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ^ B. S. Yediyurappa. Online webpage of the Legislative Bodies of India. Government of India. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
Chief Ministers of Karnataka |
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| K. C. Reddy • Kengal Hanumanthaiah • Kadidal Manjappa • S. Nijalingappa • B. D. Jatti • S. R. Kanthi • Veerendra Patil • D. Devaraj Urs • R. Gundu Rao • Ramakrishna Hegde • S. R. Bommai • S. Bangarappa • M. Veerappa Moily • H. D. Deve Gowda • J. H. Patel • S. M. Krishna • Dharam Singh • H. D. Kumaraswamy • B. S. Yeddyurappa |
| Preceded by H. D. Kumaraswamy | Chief Minister of Karnataka 12-Nov-2007–19-Nov-2007 | Succeeded by TBD |
