1. B.Y. Vijayendra takes over as BJP State chief, vows to win all 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka
Newly-appointed BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra assumed charge on Wednesday, November 15, in a traditional ceremony in the presence of his father and former chief minister B. S. Yediyurappa at the party state office in Bengaluru, vowing to win all 28 Lok Sabha seats in the State in the elections scheduled next year.
The 47-year-old Vijayendra assured the national leadership that he would revive the party’s old glory in Karnataka by turning it into a strong BJP bastion again. Mr. Vijayendra, who hails from the dominant Lingayat-Veerashaiva community, also indicated that he would ask party legislators to start considering themselves as just party workers instead of Lingayat or Vokkaliga leaders.
