India
oi-Deepika S
Bengaluru, July 26: B S Yediyurappa, the BJP’s ‘comeback man’ in Karnataka announced his resignation as the Chief Minister of the state, as his government completes two years in office.
With his resignation, Yediyurappa ended months of speculation raised by unrelenting calls for his removal by a section of the BJP in the state. However, the 78-year-old has clarified that resignation is his own decision, no one forced him to resign. “No one forced me to resign from high command, I only decided to give resignation.”
So, let’s have a look at why the BJP dropped Yediyurappa as Karnataka chief minister?
Brewing dissent
In his two years term, Yediyurappa faced many shotcomings. The major embaracement came when senior MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal raised dissent and reaffirmed that Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa should be replaced for the state and party to…