Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa, often referred to as B. S. Yediyurappa or by his initials BSY, is an Indian politician. As a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he has served as the chief minister of Karnataka for four terms, and was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 2022, though his tenure was not continuous throughout that period. From Wikipedia