Bengaluru: The return of BS Yeddyurappa is complete. The former Chief Minister and party strongman has been named chief of the Karnataka BJP in a reshuffle of top party posts in many states.
Less than four years ago, Mr Yeddyurappa had parted bitterly with his party of four decades after he had to step down as chief minister amid allegations of massive corruption. He had returned to the BJP in early 2014, along with his many supporters, just before the national elections.
Elected to the Lok Sabha, he was also picked that year to be vice-president in party chief Amit Shah's new team.
In Uttar Pradesh, where elections are due early next year, the BJP has picked Keshav Prasad Maurya, its lawmaker from Phoolpur, to head the state unit. Mr Maurya is an Other Backward Castes or OBC leader and his selection is in consonance with the BJP's strategic wooing of the around 60 per cent backward and Dalit vote in the key state.
The BJP, had struggled after the 2012 exit of its tallest leader in Karnataka, who had, in a deep sulk, floated the Karnataka Janata Party, which played spoiler for the BJP in Assembly elections the next year.
BS Yeddyurappa, who was the BJP's first and as yet only chief minister in South India, became the frontrunner for a return as party chief in Karnataka after the Supreme Court refused last year to intervene and revoke a Karnataka High Court order putting on hold his prosecution in a corruption case.
Less than four years ago, Mr Yeddyurappa had parted bitterly with his party of four decades after he had to step down as chief minister amid allegations of massive corruption. He had returned to the BJP in early 2014, along with his many supporters, just before the national elections.
Elected to the Lok Sabha, he was also picked that year to be vice-president in party chief Amit Shah's new team.
In Uttar Pradesh, where elections are due early next year, the BJP has picked Keshav Prasad Maurya, its lawmaker from Phoolpur, to head the state unit. Mr Maurya is an Other Backward Castes or OBC leader and his selection is in consonance with the BJP's strategic wooing of the around 60 per cent backward and Dalit vote in the key state.
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The BJP, had struggled after the 2012 exit of its tallest leader in Karnataka, who had, in a deep sulk, floated the Karnataka Janata Party, which played spoiler for the BJP in Assembly elections the next year.
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BS Yeddyurappa, who was the BJP's first and as yet only chief minister in South India, became the frontrunner for a return as party chief in Karnataka after the Supreme Court refused last year to intervene and revoke a Karnataka High Court order putting on hold his prosecution in a corruption case.
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