H.D.KumaraSwamy & B.S. Yediyurappa on the cover page of The Times of India, Bangalore Edition Dated: Feb 04, 06. The day he took oath as Deputy Cheif Minister of Karnataka

B.S. Yediyurappa (born February 27, 1943) is an Indian politician. He is from the BJP and represents Shikaripur in the Karnataka legislative assembly. The Common Man featured on a commemorative stamp released by the Indian Postal Service on the 150th Anniversary of the Times of India - 1988. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...

He is married to Smt. Mythradevi. Yediyurappa has two sons and three daughters. He is a graduate in the faculty of arts. He mentions that he is an agriculturist by profession. His stint in the public office began in the year 1975 when he was elected as Councilor to the Town Muncipality, Shikaripura. Later he was elected as the President of Shikaripura Town Muncipality. He was imprisoned during the emergency. He has been a member of Eigth, Nineth, Tenth and Eleventh Legislative Assembly (lower house) of Karnataka. In the Tenth Assembly he was chosen as Leader of Opposition, as his party didn't had the numbers to form the government. For a breif period he was the member of legislative council (upper hose) from 17.06.2000 to 10.06.2004.

He rose to prominence when, he with the help of H.D.KumaraSwamy brought down the colation government of Dharam Singh. H.D.KumaraSwamy claimed to form the government with the help Bharatiya Janta Party in Karnataka headed by Yediyurappa. As per the formula for the first twenty months H.D. KumaraSwamy will be the cheif minister and the next twenty Yediyurappa will take the charge. In the intial days he is expected to serve as Deputy Cheif Minister. N. Dharam Singh (born on December 25, 1936), is the 17th Chief Minister of Karnataka state in India. ... The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; Indian Peoples Party) is one of the largest political parties in India. ... Karnataka or Karnātakā (ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ...