<p>The green shawl was back on the shoulder of Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa as he took oath as Karnataka’s 23rd Chief Minister at Raj Bhavan on Thursday morning.</p>.<p>The green shawl is symbolic of his commitment towards farmers and he wore it when he was sworn-in as Chief Minister in 2008. This will be Yeddyurappa’s third stint as Chief Minister, with the first one lasting barely a week in 2007.</p>.<p>Governor Vajubhai R Vala administered Yeddyurappa the oath, which he took in the name of God and farmers. Yeddyurappa’s swearing-in ceremony was held amid chants of ‘Modi, Modi” and pro-BJP sloganeering inside Raj Bhavan’s glass house.</p>.<p>Before heading to Raj Bhavan, 75-year-old Yeddyurappa visited the Radhakrishna temple at Sanjaynagar where he offered special prayers amid Vedic hymns and music.</p>.<p>He was accompanied by his sons B Y Raghavendra and B Y Vijayendra, senior party leaders D V Sadananda Gowda, Prakash Javadekar and<br />P Muralidhar Rao.</p>.<p>Later, while addressing his first press conference after being sworn-in, Yeddyurappa “heartily thanked” the<br />6.5 crore people of Karnataka, specifically mentioning farmers, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and OBCs for their support. “It is the trust they have in me and my party, because of which I have become Chief Minister for the third time,” he said.</p>.<p>“Despite the support I and my party have from the people of the state, the Congress and JD(S) have entered into an unholy alliance to snatch power,” he said. “I’m 100% confident I will succeed.”</p>
<p>The green shawl was back on the shoulder of Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa as he took oath as Karnataka’s 23rd Chief Minister at Raj Bhavan on Thursday morning.</p>.<p>The green shawl is symbolic of his commitment towards farmers and he wore it when he was sworn-in as Chief Minister in 2008. This will be Yeddyurappa’s third stint as Chief Minister, with the first one lasting barely a week in 2007.</p>.<p>Governor Vajubhai R Vala administered Yeddyurappa the oath, which he took in the name of God and farmers. Yeddyurappa’s swearing-in ceremony was held amid chants of ‘Modi, Modi” and pro-BJP sloganeering inside Raj Bhavan’s glass house.</p>.<p>Before heading to Raj Bhavan, 75-year-old Yeddyurappa visited the Radhakrishna temple at Sanjaynagar where he offered special prayers amid Vedic hymns and music.</p>.<p>He was accompanied by his sons B Y Raghavendra and B Y Vijayendra, senior party leaders D V Sadananda Gowda, Prakash Javadekar and<br />P Muralidhar Rao.</p>.<p>Later, while addressing his first press conference after being sworn-in, Yeddyurappa “heartily thanked” the<br />6.5 crore people of Karnataka, specifically mentioning farmers, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and OBCs for their support. “It is the trust they have in me and my party, because of which I have become Chief Minister for the third time,” he said.</p>.<p>“Despite the support I and my party have from the people of the state, the Congress and JD(S) have entered into an unholy alliance to snatch power,” he said. “I’m 100% confident I will succeed.”</p>
