BS Yediyurappa resigns as Karnataka Chief Minister
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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa has submitted his resignation to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at Raj Bhavan. He announced his resignation earlier on Monday while speaking at an event organised to mark his government's two years in office at Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the state legislature and secretariat.
During the speech, Yediyurappa announced his decision with a choked voice, as he turned emotional.
"Not out of grief, but with happiness," he said, as he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President J P Nadda for giving him an opportunity to serve as Chief Minister for two years, despite completing 75 years.
There is an unwritten rule in the BJP of keeping out those above 75 years from elected offices.
The Chief Minister also said that he will work to strengthen the party and bring it back to power, as per the expectations of the central leaders.
During the speech, Yediyurappa termed his tenure for two years as "trial by fire", recalling that he had to run the administration without a cabinet in the initial days, followed by devastating floods and coronavirus among other issues.