BENGALURU
\nThe chief minister of India\u2019s Karnataka, the only state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s party in the country\u2019s prosperous south, resigned on Monday in the latest political shake-up in the Hindu nationalist group.
\nB.S. Yediyurappa, a four-time chief minister of the state, home to India\u2019s technology capital of Bengaluru, had helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) form its first government in India\u2019s southern region in 2008.
\nThe party has failed to make inroads in other southern states despite running the country since 2014. Aside from Yediyurappa\u2019s resignation, Modi recently dropped many senior ministers from his cabinet as he tries to reinvigorate his administration dented by a huge second surge in coronavirus infections. Yediyurappa, 78, quit because he was older than its cut-off age of 75 years for ministerial positions, BJP spokeswoman Malavika Avinash said. \u201cI had no pressure from senior party leaders. I am voluntarily submitting my resignation,\u201d Yediyurappa said in an emotional address broadcast live on local television channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BENGALURU The chief minister of India\u2019s Karnataka, the only state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s party in the country\u2019s prosperous south, resigned on Monday in the latest political shake-up in the Hindu nationalist group. B.S. Yediyurappa, a four-time chief minister of the state, home to India\u2019s technology capital of Bengaluru, had helped the Bharatiya […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-206105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n