BS Yeddyyurappa resigned from BJP and Karnataka Legislative Assembly

B.S.Yeddyurappa( Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa), former Chief Minister of Karnataka on 30 November 2012 announced his resignation from Legislative Assembly and from primary membership of BJP party. Yeddyurappa submitted his resignation to the Speaker of the Assembly, KG Bopaiah. Yeddyurappa represented Shikaripura in his home district Shimoga, which is about 280 km north of Bangalore.

Yeddyurappa resigned from chief Ministership in 2011 in the wake of allegations of corruption. He started his political career when he was elected as President of the Shikaripura Taluk erstwhile Jana Sangha in 1972. He won his first Assembly election in 1983 as BJP candidate. He belongs to Lingayat community. He became the first BJP chief minister in South India. At present, Jagadish Shettar is the Chief Minister of Karnataka.