Scam-accused Yeddyurappa chosen BJP's CM face for Karnataka
BJP President Amit Shah on Friday announced that BS Yeddyurappa will be the party's Chief Ministerial candidate for the Karnataka state assembly polls which are due to be held in 2018. Yeddyurappa had earlier served as the Chief Minister of the state. Notably, a Lokayukta report in 2011 had indicted Yeddyurappa in an illegal mining scam. 