indicate any favours shown by Yediyurappa as the chief minister to any mining company". In May 2012, the Supreme Court, temporarily stayed the case on this matter and ordered an official CBI enquiry, to be completed within three months. On 25 July 2012, Karnataka High Court granted anticipatory bail to Yediyurappa in a case relating to alleged irregularities in denotification of government land in 2009. Other cases rejected by the Court were: Justice K N Keshavanarayana of High Court quashed the complaint alleging encroachment of land in Bhadra Reserve Forest by Yediyurappa and others on 5 February 2013 Karnataka High Court quashed a case registered against him for irregularities in the Upper Bhadra irrigation project on 10 October 2013 Operation Kamala "Operation Kamala" is a term coined in 2008, when former minister G. Janardhana Reddy used a method to secure support from legislators bypassing the Anti-Defection Law, so as to take BJP past the majority number. In 2018, H. D. Kumaraswamy alleged that the BJP used Operation Kamala to affect the defections of MLAs from his government, causing it to fall. In an interview with Deccan Herald in March 2019, Yediyurappa said "Operation Kamala was not wrong and I don't regret it. It is part of democracy." References External links Yeddyurappa's personal Website Chief Ministers of Karnataka Indian Hindus Lingayatism Kannada people Living people People from Mandya 1944 births Chief ministers from Bharatiya Janata Party India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from Karnataka Leaders of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Deputy Chief Ministers of Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka Karnataka Janata Paksha politicians Karnataka MLAs 1983–1985 Karnataka MLAs 1985–1989 Karnataka MLAs 1989–1994 Karnataka MLAs 1994–1999 Karnataka MLAs 2004–2007 Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013 Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023 Indians imprisoned during the Emergency (India)