Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa(76) of the Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in as the 24th Karnataka Chief Minister this evening on the lawns of Raj Bhavan.
He is becoming the chief minister of the state for the fourth time. Governor Vajubhai Vala administered him the oath of office and secrecy.BS Yeddyurappa was sporting his traditional white safari and a green shawl on his shoulders. He alone took the oath and was not accompanied by any ministers.
He became the chief minister for the first time on 12 November 2007 only to quit the post within a week on 19 November as the HD Kumaraswamy led Janata Dal-Secular legislature party refused to extend support under a pact of sharing power 20-20 months each.In the subsequent midterm elections, the JD-S not handing over power to the BJP itself became a big electoral issue paving way for a BJP led government in 2008.In that way, he led the first Bharatiya Janata Party government of any South Indian state and thus Karnataka began the gateway for the BJP in the South.Incidentally, he had to resign in 2011 following his indictment over a corruption case. He quit the party later alleging ill-treatment and floated his own Karnataka Janata Party(KJP).
KJP managed to bag only six Assembly seats during the 2013 Assembly elections but the 10 per cent of votes it managed to garner was enough to throw the BJP away from the corridors to power.
But by 2014, he merged his party with the BJP and contested to the Lok Sabha from Shivamogga constituency and won handsomely.
However, he contested the May 2018 Assembly elections and won from Shikaripur constituency, his home constituency in Shivamogga district.On 17 May 2018, he once again opted to become the state chief minister though his party had no majority in the house. But had to demit office within two days after taking over for failing to prove majority on the floor of the house.
Now he has become the CM for the fourth time today. Even now he continues to face the same old problem of proving majority on the floor of the house. Governor Vajubhai Vala has given a time frame of seven days for that, but he is said to take the floor test on Monday 29 July.
Thanks to the 14 Congress-JD-S dissident MLAs', who after quitting their positions have preferred to stay back and united in Mumbai and Pune resorts, although the Congress managers did whatever possible to rope them back to the parent parties.Three Congress legislators have been disqualified by the speaker Yesterday and the resignation papers of others are before his table for disposal.
What the speaker intends to do with the rest of the resignation letters needs to be seen. In a way, today's BJP strategy of assuming office is construed as a checkmate to the speaker's possible moves.
But the much more pertinent question now doing rounds in the party circles is how long will BSY last this time. He has already completed 75 years in February last and no one knows what the party bosses have in mind for the veteran leader if at all the overage is an impediment for him to continue in office.Many old-timers are gunning the chief minister's position clandestinely and it's no public secret either. But how far will they succeed and how soon will they do so needs to be seen.
Hindusthan Samachar/Manohar Yadavatti
He is becoming the chief minister of the state for the fourth time. Governor Vajubhai Vala administered him the oath of office and secrecy.BS Yeddyurappa was sporting his traditional white safari and a green shawl on his shoulders. He alone took the oath and was not accompanied by any ministers.
He became the chief minister for the first time on 12 November 2007 only to quit the post within a week on 19 November as the HD Kumaraswamy led Janata Dal-Secular legislature party refused to extend support under a pact of sharing power 20-20 months each.In the subsequent midterm elections, the JD-S not handing over power to the BJP itself became a big electoral issue paving way for a BJP led government in 2008.In that way, he led the first Bharatiya Janata Party government of any South Indian state and thus Karnataka began the gateway for the BJP in the South.Incidentally, he had to resign in 2011 following his indictment over a corruption case. He quit the party later alleging ill-treatment and floated his own Karnataka Janata Party(KJP).
KJP managed to bag only six Assembly seats during the 2013 Assembly elections but the 10 per cent of votes it managed to garner was enough to throw the BJP away from the corridors to power.
But by 2014, he merged his party with the BJP and contested to the Lok Sabha from Shivamogga constituency and won handsomely.
However, he contested the May 2018 Assembly elections and won from Shikaripur constituency, his home constituency in Shivamogga district.On 17 May 2018, he once again opted to become the state chief minister though his party had no majority in the house. But had to demit office within two days after taking over for failing to prove majority on the floor of the house.
Now he has become the CM for the fourth time today. Even now he continues to face the same old problem of proving majority on the floor of the house. Governor Vajubhai Vala has given a time frame of seven days for that, but he is said to take the floor test on Monday 29 July.
Thanks to the 14 Congress-JD-S dissident MLAs', who after quitting their positions have preferred to stay back and united in Mumbai and Pune resorts, although the Congress managers did whatever possible to rope them back to the parent parties.Three Congress legislators have been disqualified by the speaker Yesterday and the resignation papers of others are before his table for disposal.
What the speaker intends to do with the rest of the resignation letters needs to be seen. In a way, today's BJP strategy of assuming office is construed as a checkmate to the speaker's possible moves.
But the much more pertinent question now doing rounds in the party circles is how long will BSY last this time. He has already completed 75 years in February last and no one knows what the party bosses have in mind for the veteran leader if at all the overage is an impediment for him to continue in office.Many old-timers are gunning the chief minister's position clandestinely and it's no public secret either. But how far will they succeed and how soon will they do so needs to be seen.
Hindusthan Samachar/Manohar Yadavatti
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