Can BJP win back Karnataka by turning to Yediyurappa, Deve Gowda?

Vijayendra’s appointment is widely being seen as an olive branch by the party high command to Yediyurappa, who was removed from the chief minister’s post by the party in 2021. Buying peace with Yediyurappa is the second major strategic retreat by the BJP in the state, the first being forging an alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S), the regional party of HD Deve Gowda. Can pivoting towards these two patriarchs of Karnataka politics win back Karnataka for the BJP? Here are three charts which try to answer this question.