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B S YEDDYURAPPA

Karnataka Chief minister B. S. Yeddyurappa will continue as the chief minister of the state. Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh told the reporters that Yeddyurappa will remain the chief minister. So the central BJP leadership smoothly resolved all crisis in the case of chief ministership in Karnataka. Earlier, Yeddyurappa sworned as the chief minister of Karnataka on 30th May, 2008 and he is the first Chief Minister from BJP of a South Indian state.

BIOGRAPHY

Yeddyurappa was born on 27th February, 1943 in the Mandya district of Karnataka. He belongs to the Lingayat community. His father is Siddalingappa and mother is Puttathayamma. After gaining a a degree in Bachelor of Arts, he worked as a clerk at Veeravadra Shastri’s Shankar rice mill. He learnt the leadership skills from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS). In 1970, he was appointed as the secretary of RSS’s Shikaripur unit and he was imprisoned during the Emergency in India between 1975 and 1977. In 1988, he was selected as the President of the BJP unit of the state of Karnataka. He was elected to the lower house of Karnataka Legislature for five times. Yeddyurappa always worked for farmers and laboureres and he lead many mass movements in the state, focussing the problems of landless farmers and bonded labourers. He prevented the introduction of the Bill intended at the clearance of unauthorized cultivators. He helped Janata Dal (Secular) party’s H. D. Kumaraswamy to form a coalition government in Karnataka. As per the deal of BJP and Janata Dal (Secular), Yeddyurappa sworned as the 25th Chief Minister of Karnataka on November 12, 2007. But JD(S) refused to support his government and he resigned his post on November 19, 2007. In 2008 Assembly elections, BJP gained victory and Yeddyurappa again selected as the Chief minister of Karnataka. As a chief minister, he made many progress in the state. American ‘Saginaw Valley State University’ honored him by giving a ‘Honorary Doctorate’ to him. He is married to Mythradevi and they have two sons and three daughters.

ASHOK CHAVAN

Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan gained an advanced birthday gift from Congress party. His birthday will be on 28th October and the Congress party leadership offered him the gift of powerful post of the chief minister of Maharashtra for a second time. He was sworn as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the first time in 8th December 2008, after Vilasrao Deshmukh was resigned due to the Mumbai terror attacks. This Chief minister ship is the reward for his good performance during his short term as Chief minister of the state. Chavan was elected from the ‘Bhokar’ constituency in this assembly election.

BIOGRAPHY

Ashok Chavan was born on 28th October, 1958 in Mumbai. He belongs to a political family, and he is the son of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan. He is a post graduate in Business Management. Following his father’s footsteps, he started his political career as General Secretary of ‘Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee’. In 1987, he was elected as a member of parliament, and he was elected as a member of the ‘Maharashtra Legislative Council’ in 1992. After that, he served as a junior minister of several portfolios . In 2003, he became a cabinet minister and handled several portfolios including sports, transport, industries and cultural affairs. He was also selected as a cabinet minister for Industries, Mining, Cultural Affairs & Protocol in 2004. On 8th December, 2008, he was sworn as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra after Vilasrao Deshmukh was resigned due to the Mumbai terror attacks. Chavan made many developments in the state in his short term as a chief minister. Now, he was again selected as the Chief minister of Maharashtra and this was the reward for his good performance as a Chief minister of the state. He is married to Ameeta and they have two daughters.