Karnataka CM Yediyurappa resigns: 'Always been through Agni-Pariksha'

BS Yediyurappa will resign as Karnataka Chief Minister today afternoon. Yediyurappa announced the decision at the event to commemorate the second anniversary of the BJP government.

Yediyurappa said he will submit his resignation letter to the Governor of Karnataka Thawar Chand Gehlot this afternoon.

The towering Lingayat leader had on Sunday announced that he would take the decision on his future as Karnataka CM on July 26 when his government completed two years in the state.

Speaking about his possible resignation, Yediyurappa on Sunday said, "We will see tomorrow. I haven't received any information from high command yet. By tonight or tomorrow morning I'll get to know. Tomorrow we will celebrate the two-year anniversary (of the Karnataka government that was elected to power in 2019)."

Yediyurappa's remarks came even as BJP president JP Nadda lauded the Karnataka CM for doing a "good job".

I've always been through 'agni-pariksha', says CM Yediyurappa

Addressing the Vidhan Soudha, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said, "I've gone through agni pariksha always. For two months (in 2019) I didn't get to make my Cabinet. There were floods and I roamed like a mad man. Later the Cabinet was formed."