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On 15 May 2018, he resigned from his position of the Chief minister of Karnataka, respecting the verdict of the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. [42] He also became the first chief minister of Karnataka to serve full 5 years term in 40 years, and the second in the history of the southern state after Devaraj Urs. [43]
Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits. [1] Precursor: Dewan of Mysore: Inaugural holder: K. Chengalaraya Reddy (as the chief minister of Mysore;before state's reorganization) S. Nijalingappa (as the chief minister of Mysore;after state's reorganization) D. Devaraj Urs (as the chief minister of Karnataka) Formation
Party 1. Siddaramaiah Chief Minister: Varuna: ... Resigned amid allegations of the illegal transfer of money from the State-run Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled ...
He is the longest serving BJP Chief Minister of Karnataka. He is former MLA from Shikaripura constituency in Shimoga district, from where he has been elected eight times. In 2008, Yediyurappa became the chief minister after leading the BJP to victory in the Karnataka Assembly elections, a first for the BJP in a South Indian state. [2]
He won Molkalmuru, by a margin of 40,000 odd votes, but lost the Badami seat by 1500 votes to the former chief minister Siddaramaiah. [ 8 ] On 27 July 2018, Sreeramulu called for a separate state for North Karnataka due to alleged "injustice" in that part of the state. [ 9 ]
Yathindra Siddaramaiah is a politician from the state of Karnataka. He is a member of the Indian National Congress , and served as a MLA [ 1 ] [ 2 ] from Varuna . He is the younger son [ 3 ] [ 4 ] of current Chief Minister Siddaramaiah .
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Kumaraswamy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi after becoming Chief Minister in May 2018. In 2018 elections in Karnataka state, JD(S) was the third-largest party but after a post-poll alliance with the Rahul Gandhi led Indian National Congress, he was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 23 May 2018. [21]