Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa

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Sandeep Moudgal, July 27, 2019: The Times of India

Yediyurappa entered politics in 1972 at the age of 29, becoming Shikaripura taluk president of BJP precursor Jana Sangh.

Rising through the party ranks, Yediyurappa has through a 47-year political career been viewed more as a friend of farmers (raitha bandhu) than a Hindutva ideologue despite his lifelong association with the saffron party.

His baritone voice and clarity in thought while making a case in favour of farmers inspired his supporters' slogan, "Yediyurappa gudugidare, Vidhana Soudha nadaguvadhu' (If Yediyurappa roars, Vidhana Soudha will tremble)".

Yediyurappa, who spent 45 days in jail after being arrested during the Emergency, led the grassroots movement that made BJP a political force in Karnataka long before he became deputy chief minister in the JD(S)-BJP government in 2006 and one of the most influential politicians in Karnataka.

The six-time MLA, who made the land of Basavas (Shivamogga) his base, has long been considered the helmsman of the Lingayat community which has been a BJP vote bank since his rise to prominence.

But Yediyurappa's image took a beating, with various controversies - including a Lokayukta report that indicted him in a case of illegal mining and a land denotification scandal - dogging his second term, and he was forced to step down as CM for a second time.

Yediyurappa proved nonetheless that he still wielded considerable political clout by forming the Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) that led to BJP's dismal performance in the 2013 assembly elections.