Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa vowed to take political sanyas on one condition. He declares that if the Opposition leader H D Revanna (JD-S leader) proves all allegations against him, he will take retirement from politics.

It seems that this is a resignation season in the political genre. Earlier CWG OC chief Suresh Kalmadi has made a quit and recently former telecom minister A Raja resigned from DMK's propaganda secretary post on his arrest and now BSY is standing on the edge of resignation.

While Hero Honda is yet to take its final decision about the forth plant, a team led by the Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa recently met Hero Honda's Chairman Brijmohan lal Munjal and MD Pawan Munjal with a view to convince the company to choose Karnataka as the destination for the fourth unit. In fact, the Munjals have short listed Karnataka as one of the states where it would like to set up its new unit.

Bangalore, Jan 23 - Fifty percent tax will be exempted for superstar Amitabh Bachchan's film "Paa" as it has created public awareness on the disease progeria, Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa said Saturday.

'Paa' is a message oriented film. Big B has invited all members of the legislative council and assembly to view it, Yeddyurappa told reporters.

Yeddyurappa said he will see the film Thursday along with some cabinet ministers.

Amithabh arrived in Bangalore Saturday to promote his film "Rann", directed by Ram Gopal Varma, and meet Yeddyurappa and other ministers.

New Delhi, Jan 11 : A day after hurling invectives at Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa, former prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda Monday fired another shot at him, accusing him of colluding with Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited (NICE) to deprive farmers of their agricultural lands.

Gowda made the allegation during an interaction with reporters in the Supreme Court premises after attending a hearing on a lawsuit of NICE for launch of the contempt of court proceedings against seven state government officials.

The Chief Minister of Karnataka B. S. Yeddyurappa met Steel icon Lakshmi Mittal in New delhi today. CM offered two sites for the proposed Rs 30,000 crore six million ton steel plant in the state to the chief of global steel firm.

Bangalore, Jan 6 :  A senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer in Karnataka is under government scanner for sexual harassment following a complaint by a widow.

"Investigation is on," Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa told reporters responding to questions on the over two-year-old complaint by R. Yamini against D. K. Rangaswamy, who was at that time deputy commissioner of Bangalore Rural district.

The chief minister declined to elaborate on who is conducting the probe.

Bangalore, Dec 30 : Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa Wednesday announced a grant of Rs. 10 crore and two acres of land to build a memorial for Kannada film superstar Vishnuvardhan, who died early morning following a heart attack.

The chief minister said after inspecting the site for the cremation of the body of the 60-year-old actor that the memorial would be built in consultation with Vishnuvardhan's family members.    

Bangalore, Dec 28 : Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday admitted that the recent compromises which he made to stay in power are not good for the future of the state.

Addressing a public gathering here, Yeddyurappa said: “I have made a lot of compromises and changes to retain power and government, the expectation of people have been not made properly.”

At the same time Yeddyurappa asserted not to repeat the mistakes.

Bangalore, Dec 28 : Faced with continued dissidence in the party, Karnataka's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa Monday admitted that he committed mistakes to save his chair.

His rival and Energy Minister K. S. Eshwarappa acknowledged that people were angry that the party once known for discipline is riven by differences and dissidence.

"Even god will not forgive us for this," Eshwarappa, a former state BJP president, told reporters in Shimoga, about 275 km from here.

Bangalore, Dec 19 : Ahead of Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa's meeting with dissidents of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress said Saturday it was not attempting to topple his government.

However, the Congress could not be held responsible if the government falls on its own due to continuing dissidence, union Law Minister Veerappa Moily and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Siddaramaiah separately asserted here.    

Bangalore, Dec 13 -The Karnataka legislature begins its winter session Monday with the members and people keenly awaiting the promised 'bare all' from Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa on the allegations of illegal mining activity of his mining baron minister G. Janardhana Reddy.

The session is the first to be held after Yeddyurappa survived last month's revolt against him by Janardhana Reddy, his elder brother Revenue Minister G. Karunakara Reddy and their associate Health Minister B. Sriramulu.

The 10-day meeting is being held against the backdrop of raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Reddys' firm, Obulapuram Mining Company, to probe allegations of illegal mining activity.

Bangalore, Nov 17 : Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday inducted Jagadish Shettar, who has resigned as the assembly speaker, into his ministry as part of the deal to buy peace with dissidents seeking his removal.

The 54-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader from north Karnataka was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor H. R. Bhardwaj at his official residence Raj Bhavan here.

Bangalore, Nov 11 : Having weathered a political storm, Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa seems busy these days either denying his combative statements or apologising to people for the mess in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first government in the state.

He is also stoutly defending the record of his close associate, Shobha Karandlaje, who quit as rural development minister Monday as part of the deal with the dissidents to drop their demand for his removal.

Bangalore, Nov 10 : Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday insisted that he has not surrendered to money power to save his chair.

"Yeddyurappa is not a person who bows to money and muscle power," he said in Mysore, about 130 km from here, after praying at the Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi hills.

He was responding to reporters' questions as to whether his authority as chief minister had been weakened by the compromise formula worked out by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central leaders to make dissidents give up their demand for his removal.

Bangalore, Nov 10 : Bowing to the dissidents' demands, Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday rolled back the transfers of three officials close to the Reddy camp - two weeks after they were shunted out from their posts.

Meanwhile, some colleagues of the chief minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government expressed concern over the compromise worked out to resolve the protracted war and said the party and the government's image had taken a severe beating.

Bangalore, Nov 9 - Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa has survived the threat to his chair from powerful dissidents but faces an uncertain future in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which he had thought of leaving five years ago.

The truce brokered by the central leadership to make mining barons and ministers G. Janardhana Reddy and his elder brother G. Karunakara Reddy give up their demand for Yeddyurappa's removal appears tenuous.

It also reduces Yeddyurappa to a nominal chief minister as a coordination panel will whet all major decisions by him.

Jammu, Nov 8 - Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa, who is battling a political crisis, visited the revered cave shrine of Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Kashmir and offered prayers.

Yeddyurappa was at the shrine Saturday in the Trikuta hills, about 5,500 feet above sea level, for more than an hour. His visit comes after he shed tears publicly for being forced to ditch his close aides - bowing to the demands of his detractors.

Bangalore, Nov 7 : In a rare instance in Indian politics, Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa, facing revolt from a few ministers and legislators, Saturday shed tears publicly at his plight, having struggled for decades to bring the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power.

The 66-year-old Yeddyurappa, known for his short temper and as a strict disciplinarian, is at most times stern faced.

Bangalore/New Delhi, Nov 7 : Karnataka Tourism Minister G. Janardhana Reddy, who leads the campaign for the removal of Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa, Saturday said there was no change in his stand and rubbished reports of a compromise between the warring groups.

"The party leaders have not given us any such thing. I am confident they will take the right decision in the next two days," Janardhana Reddy told reporters in Hyderabad after overnight discussions with ministers and legislators supporting him.

New Delhi, Nov 7 : Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today claimed that the political crisis in the State has been resolved.

Talking to reporters here before leaving for Vaishno Devi shrine, Yeddyurappa said the BJP government in Karnataka would complete its full term.

"I am thankful to my party''s national leadership for reposing faith in the leaders and resolving the current crisis. The government will complete its full term under my leadership in the Stat," he said.