On BSY’s birthday, PM Modi, Amit Shah and other National BJP leaders greet him
Team Udayavani, Feb 27, 2021, 10:13 AM IST
New Delhi/Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extending birthday greetings to Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said that he is one of the most experienced leaders who has devoted his life to farmers and the poor.
“Greetings to Karnataka CM @BSYBJP Ji on his birthday. Yediyurappa Ji is one of our most experienced leaders, who has devoted his life towards the welfare of farmers and empowering the poor. Praying for his long and healthy life,” PM Modi tweeted.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Amit Shah said, “Birthday greetings to the Chief Minister of Karnataka, BS Yediyurappa ji. His dedication towards the welfare of the poor and farmers of Karnataka is commendable. May God bless him with a long and healthy life.”
“Birthday greetings to the hardworking Karnataka CM Shri BS Yediyurappa ji. Under his leadership, Karnataka is accomplishing new heights of development and playing an active role towards self-reliant India. I pray for his long and healthy life,” National President of Bharatiya Janata Party said Jagat Prakash Nadda.
Born on February 27, 1943, BS Yeddyurappa, now 78, was first elected to the lower house of Karnataka Legislature in 1983 and has since represented the Shikaripur constituency seven times.
He was elected as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka on 3rd February 2006 in the JD(S) and BJP Coalition Government. Yeddyurappa was sworn in as the 25th Chief Minister of Karnataka on November 12, 2007.
In Karnataka’s 2008 Assembly elections, Yeddyurappa contested from Shikaripura won the election and took the oath of office as Chief Minister on May 30, 2008.
He is the first person from the Bharatiya Janata Party to become the Chief Minister of a south Indian state and the first Chief Minister to present a separate agricultural budget.
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