Yeddyurappa to be BJP's CM face in Karnataka

NEW DELHI: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will be BJP's chief ministerial face in the Assembly polls scheduled early next year. Party president Amit Shah said, “It (Karnataka election) will be fought under Yeddyurappa.” He also indicated that Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani would be the party's choice for the top post in the state, asserting that the party would win over 150 seats in the Assembly polls slated later this year. Influential Lingayat leader, Yeddyurappa had led the BJP to its maiden victory in the southern state in 2008, but was later forced to resign following charges of corruption against him.