Yediyurappa may be down, but not yet out in Karnataka's BJP
Hyderabad, July 28 -- Kingshuk Nag
The RSS has a rule which it has strictly implemented on its affiliates like the BJP: nobody over the age of 75 should hold any executive position. It is by citing this rule that L K Advani was prevented from being nominated as the Prime Ministerial candidate in 2014 as Modi made the cut. Now again it is because of this 'rule' that chief minister B S Yediyurappa has been shown the way out in Karnataka. Yeddy as he is popularly known was past 75 when he became chief minister this time round in 2019. He had been chief minister earlier too and once had left the BJP to form his own party Karnataka Janata Paksha.
So why was he made chief minister in 2019? That was because the party was not strong enough in K...
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