Overview
- Marking his birthday in Shikaripura, the four-time chief minister pledged to travel across Karnataka to help return the BJP to power.
- Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and senior state leaders attended the felicitation, praising Yediyurappa’s decades of leadership and party-building.
- Yediyurappa cited welfare work from his tenure, highlighting the Bhagyalakshmi scheme for girls and a focus on irrigation for farmers.
- He observed traditional rituals in the morning and later distributed motorised tricycles to persons with disabilities and sewing machines to women.
- Former deputy chief minister Govind Karjol announced plans for a larger felicitation in May to honor Yediyurappa’s public service.