Yeddyurappa's 75th birthday: For this BJP leader age is just a number

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka leader B S Yeddyurappa celebrated his birthday on Tuesday. The day was celebrated as a “farmers’ meet”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was by his side at Davanagere in central Karnataka for the occasion. 

By and large, his party colleagues refrained from mentioning his age. Some senior party members advised colleagues not to mention his age even in their media advertisements, tweets and Facebook posts. 

Only Union Parliamentary Affairs, Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar mentioned his age (75) in a tweet. The Prime Minister officially declared that Yeddyurappa will be chief minister if the