| Name(s) |
Bookanakere Siddalingappa
(B.S.) YEDDYURAPPA |
| Date of
Birth |
February 26, 1943 |
|
Identity |
Indian politician
who was the 19th Chief Minister of Karnataka |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- November 12, 2007: He was
sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka.
- November 19, 2007: He
resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Karnataka.
- May 30, 2008: He became the
Chief Minister of Karnataka.
- July 27, 2011: The
Lokayukta report submitted on this day stated that there was
sufficient evidence to indict Yeddyurappa and recommended
his prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act over
various land deals.
- July 31, 2011: He resigned
as the Chief Minister of Karnataka.
- October 15, 2011: He was
arrested on this day, hours after the lokayukta court issued
an arrest warrant in two cases of corruption for illegally
denotifying land in and around Bangalore.
- November 08, 2011: He was
granted bail after spending 23 days in jail.
- July 25, 2012: Karnataka
High Court granted anticipatory bail to him in a case
relating to alleged irregularities in denotification of
government land in 2009.
- October 16, 2012: The CBI
had filed a chargesheet on this day, accusing him and 12
others of corruption after investigations purportedly
revealed illegal transactions amounting to over Rs.40 Crore.
- November 30, 2012: He
resigned from his position as Member of Legislative Assembly
and primary membership of Bharatiya Janata Party on this
day, and formally launched the Karnataka Janata Paksha.
- February 05, 2013: High
Court quashed the complaint alleging encroachment of land in
Bhadra Reserve Forest by him and others.
- October 10, 2013: Karnataka
High Court quashed a case registered against him for
irregularities in the Upper Bhadra irrigation project.
- January 02, 2014: He
announced merger with BJP ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
He won from the Shimoga seat of Karnataka in the Indian
general election, 2014 by a huge margin.
- May 16, 2014: He became the
Member of Parliament from Shimoga.
- October 26, 2016: He was
acquitted along with his family members by a special CBI
court on this day, in a Rs 40 crore bribery case related to
the alleged grant of favours to a JSW Steel affiliate to
mine iron ore. He and his family members were cleared of
criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and corruption
charges.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He is currently (Sep, 2016) president of Karnataka
BJP.
- He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India and
represents the Shimoga constituency.
- He became the Chief Minister of Karnataka after leading
the BJP to a victory in the 2008 Karnataka Assembly election
in 2008.
- He was the first person from the Bharatiya
Janata Party to become the Chief Minister of a South Indian
state.
- Owing to some differences of opinions, he left Bharatiya
Janata Party. Later he formed Karnataka Janata Paksha.
However, in 2014 he merged it with BJP and joined the party
again.
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