- By Aashish Vashistha
- Fri, 10 Nov 2023 07:05 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s son Vijayendra Yediyurappa has been appointed as president of state’s BJP unit. Vijayendra, an MLA from the Shikaripur constituency, has replaced Nalin Kateel. His appointment came nearly six months after the Karnataka Assembly elections ended.
Senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa's son and party MLA BY Vijayendra appointed as Karnataka BJP president pic.twitter.com/GVetBoAUVm
— ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2023
According to the appointment letter, BJP National President JP Nadda appointed Vijayendra as Karnataka BJP chief. He earlier served as the Vice-President of the state. He was the front-runner for the position of BJP’s state chief, along with Sunil Kumar, CT Ravi, and Basanagouda Patil Yatnal.
#WATCH | Bengaluru: Former Karnataka CM and BJP leader BS Yediyurappa congratulates son BY Vijayendra Yediyurappa after he was appointed as the party president for Karnataka. pic.twitter.com/b93lMQnNrg
— ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2023
The outgoing state president’s tenure concluded in August last year and was given an extension until the Karnataka Assembly elections. However, no appointments were made by the saffron party following its defeat in the Assembly polls held this year in May.
In the May Assembly elections, BY Vijayendra won the Shikaripura seat in his electoral debut by a margin of 11,008 votes.
In the Karnataka Assembly elections 2023, Congress emerged victorious after winning as many as 135 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly ousting the ruling BJP, which received only 66 seats in the southern state.
