Bengaluru, Feb 27: Karnataka Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa turned 78 on Thursday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of leaders greeting him.
Modi hailed Yediyurappa as a "hardworking" chief minister and wished him long life and good health, while several state leaders flocked to his residence and greeted the Lingayat strongman.
"Birthday greetings to Karnataka's hardworking CM @BSYBJP Ji. He is passionately working for the state's progress, especially on farmer welfare and rural development. I pray for his long life and good health," the Prime Minister tweeted.
A large-scale "non-partisan" birthday bash will be held here later in the evening.
The felicitation function will see Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and former chief minister S M Krishna besides Siddaramaiah of Congress and H D Kumaraswamy of JD(S) sharing the stage.
Union Ministers D V Sadananda Gowda, also a former chief minister, Pralhad Joshi and Suresh Angadi will be in attendance.
BJP National General Secretary (Organisation) B L Santosh and state party chief Nalin Kumar Kateel are among those who will be gracing the event.
While Santosh will release a felicitation volume in Kannada with 78 articles from a cross-section of people, including politicians, writers, bureaucrats, and spiritual leaders; Siddaramaiah and Kumaraswamy will unveil a coffee table book and documentary respectively.
Yediyurappa, on the eve of his birthday on Wednesday, had said whatever he has achieved is a result of the people's "blessings and faith" and requested well-wishers not to bring bouquets, flowers, shawls, sweets, turbans or any souvenirs to greet him.
The birthday function organised by "Yediyurappa Abhinandana Samiti" (Yediyurappa Felicitation Committee) is being seen in some quarters as an attempt by Yediyurappa and his loyalists to send a message to the party leadership that he was still "strong".
The BJP's current dispensation under Narendra Modi and Amit Shah has retired several senior party leaders who crossed the age of 75.
However, an exception was said to have been made in Yediyurappa's case after the BJP won 25 of 28 seats in the Lok Sabha election under his leadership.
In the 2018 elections, he spearheaded the campaign of the BJP which emerged as the single largest party but fell short of the majority mark following which Congress and JD(S) came to power stitching a post-poll pact.
However, the coalition collapsed in July last year, paving the way for return of Yediyurappa as Chief Minister for the fourth time.
Muhammad Affan Shaikh, who was tortured in the confinement by his wife’s parents and brother, has been now admitted to a hospital in Manipal.
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Torture those in laws and wife in same way...
Paapa maare
Shame
It is nothing but, women misusing favourable laws
Kaliyug..!
They should be punished
Money will define issue. Man having more money, will torture woman and woman having more money torture man
Its an very rare case of torturing man by his in law's & wife
Huttu guna sattharu bidalla.. Naren was absconding these days.. now he is back with his jokes,..
He might be poor. That might be the reason
Unusual
yes naren, even its very surprising to see your unusual behavior as you react whenever you see muslim name or community in the news articles. and rest of the time you are silent. you don't see the pain, injustice, problems whether it be of any human in any community.
and in your brain all unusual things are very common. I need not mention why naren is famous for? even if I write CD moderator will not cut it :).. and I am sure that all readers will understand :):)
Husband torturing wife and in-laws killing son-in-law is very common in one particular community. And in Bhatkal all unusual things are very common. I need not to mention why bhatkal is world famous for? Even if i write CD moderator will cut it.. but i hope all readers will understand :p
yes Naren Bhai RSS ISS are two faces of same coin.
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