The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday appointed BY Vijayendra Yediyurappa, son of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, as the state unit president. Taking over from Nalinkumar Kateel, who was appointed president in 2019, Vijayendra will be the state's tenth party chief. In the recent Assembly elections, he was elected as an MLA from Shikaripura constituency.