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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj

BJP high command’s choice of Vijayendra is the victory of Yediyurappa

Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, who was effectively sidelined in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after he resigned from the post in 2022, has made a comeback, yet again, with the party high command choosing his son B.Y. Vijayendra to head the party in Karnataka. 

With this, Mr. Yediyurappa has scored a victory in the factional fight within the party, a senior party leader said. B.L. Santosh, national general secretary (organisation), BJP, was seen as Mr. Yediyurappa’s bete noire, attempting to bring the party out of the shadows of Mr. Yediyurappa and from heavy reliance on Veerashaiva-Lingayats.

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