B. S. Yediyurappa

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Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa (born 27 February 1943), also known as B.S. Yediyurappa or BSY, is an Indian politician who served four terms as the chief minister of Karnataka from 2007 to 2022 as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, though his tenure was not continuous. In 2008, Yediyurappa resumed office as the Chief Minister of Karnataka after leading the BJP to victory in the legislative assembly elections, marking the first time the party formed a state government in South India. In 2011, he resigned after being indicted in a corruption case. The case was progressively dismissed between 2012 and 2016 following High Court rulings. In 2012, alleging ill-treatment by the BJP high command, Yediyurappa left the party to establish his own political party, the Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP). In 2014, he merged the KJP with the BJP and was subsequently elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from the Shimoga constituency. He later resigned from the Lok Sabha following the Karnataka...

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