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2 months ago

Congress's Edge Over BJP-JDS Alliance in Assembly Elections

Congress holds an edge over the BJP-JDS alliance in the upcoming Assembly elections in Channapatna, Shiggaon and Sandur. However, the outcome will depend on the strategies adopted by both parties and the choice of candidates. Congress has improved its votebase by garnering over 85,000 votes against the BJP-JDS alliance's 1.25 lakh votes in the Lok Sabha elections. The ruling party …

Channapatna

5 months, 3 weeks ago

If leadership changes in Karnataka, next CM should be a Lingayat: Sri Saila swami

The Hindu

If there is a change in the leadership in Karnataka, then the new Chief Minister should belong to the Veerashaiva Lingayat community, said Sri Channa Siddharama Panditaradhya Shivacharya swami of Sri Saila on June 28. This comes a day after Vishwa Vokkaligara Mahasamsthana Mutt seer Chandrashekhara swami publicly requesting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to give up his post to Mr. Shivakumar. …

Karnataka Change Leaders Minister Chief Lingayat Sri Sri Saila

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Shivakumar mocks demand for 3 more Deputy Chief Ministers in Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle

Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar on Thursday mocked demand from some Ministers to create three more posts of Deputy Chief Minister, saying they will get no "solution" by discussing it before the media.Some of the Ministers have been pitching for leaders from Veerashaiva-Lingayat, SC/ST and minority communities to be given the post of Deputy Chief Minister. According to …

Congress Party Chief Minister Minister Chief Post Deputy

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress high command's decision final: Siddaramaiah on 3 more Deputy CMs

Deccan Chronicle

Bengaluru: With the demand to have three more Deputy Chief Ministers resurfacing in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the decision of the Congress high command is final.Some of the Ministers have been pitching for Deputy CM posts to be given to leaders from Veerashaiva-Lingayat, SC/ST and minority communities. A section within the Congress is said to be of …

Congress Minister Chief Deputy Siddaramaiah Shivakumar Decision Final

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Congress ministers again push for three more deputy CMs in Karnataka

Hindustan Times

With demand for three more Deputy Chief Ministers in Karnataka once again coming to the fore, the State Congress chief D K Shivakumar on Monday said the party's central leadership will take a call. Some of the Ministers in the Siddaramaiah-led cabinet have been pitching for deputy chief minister posts to be given to leaders from Veerashaiva-Lingayat, SC/ST and minority …

Karnataka Congress Party Ministers Demand Minister Chief

6 months, 1 week ago

Seer stresses need to resume independent religion movement

The Hindu

The seer of Taralabalu Mutt at Sanehalli Sri Panditaradhya Shivacharya Swami has called on the leaders from the Lingayat community and politicians to continue the movement demanding independent religion status to Lingayatism. Speaking at a programme on Basava philosophy and inauguration of Sirsangi Lingaraj Desai auditorium at Lingayat Bhavan in Dharwad on Friday, Panditaradhya Shivacharya Swami said that because of …

Religion Lingayat Shivacharya Swami

6 months, 1 week ago

Lingayats disappointed with only MoS portfolio for community

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: Lingayats feel sidelined by the Central Government in the formation of the government. Despite the community backing BJP for the last 20 years in Karnataka, it has not been given a single cabinet rank position till now, community leaders said. V Somanna, a Lingayat — who won from the Tumakuru Lok Sabha constituency, has been made Minister of State …

Lingayat Bjp Lingayats

6 months, 1 week ago

After losing Karnataka Assembly polls from two seats, Somanna becomes minister, thanks to Amit Shah

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: Amit Shah loyalist and Veerashaiva-Lingayat leader V Somanna, a first-time Lok Sabha member, has been made a minister in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government. Somanna, who was a minister in Karnataka, was elected from the Tumakuru Lok Sabha seat as an NDA candidate. Though Congress was trying to poach him and make him its Lok Sabha candidate, Shah …

Lok Sabha Shah Minister Tumakuru Somanna

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Influential Lingayat leader sworn into NDA 3.0 council of ministers

Hindustan Times

Newly appointed Union minister V Somanna, who had contemplated quitting the Bharatiya Janata Party and joining the Congress earlier this year, should be thankful to former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda for his current position. According to people familiar with the BJP’s inner workings, Somanna is seen as an influential Lingayat leader, second only to former chief minister BS Yediyurappa. …

Lingayat Congress Party Lok Sabha Shah Bjp Union Minister

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Samata Sena seeks action against Neha’s father

The Hindu

Even as the investigation into the murder of student Neha Hiremath is nearing completion, an allegation that her father, Niranjan Hiremath, obtained a Scheduled Caste certificate for her in Bengaluru has cropped up with the Samata Sena and other Dalit organisations seeking criminal action against him. In a letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on behalf of the sena and the …

Bengaluru Hiremath Neha Niranjan Hiremath Ullikashi

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Seers protest in Hubballi against denial of permission for meeting

The Hindu

Rambhapuri Kalyanamantapa at Vidyangar in Hubballi witnessed high drama on Saturday after officials from Election Commission and police stopped a meeting of religious heads from various mutts headed by Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami resulting in many seers taking out a protest march condemning the action. Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami, who is openly campaigning against Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, had convened a meeting …

Election Commission Officials Joshi Meeting Permission Seers Dingaleshwar Swami

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Seer accuses Joshi of using ‘death of Lingayat’ for election

The Hindu

Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Fakkireshwar Mutt, who withdrew his nomination from Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency, on Saturday, accused Union Minister and BJP candidate Pralhad Joshi of misusing the ‘death of Neha Hiremath, a Lingayat’ for the election. Addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Saturday, Dingaleshwar Swami clarified that he was not supporting any political party but was against Mr. Joshi …

Lingayat Joshi Seer

7 months, 3 weeks ago

With votes in EVMs for 14 out of 28 constituencies, focus now shifts to North Karnataka for May 7 polls

The Hindu

With the high-pitched battles in the South Karnataka’s Vokkaliga-dominated Old Mysore constituencies and the coastal constituencies coming to an end on Friday, the battleground will now shift to North and Central Karnataka regions that will go into polling on May 7 as part of the third phase. What parties claim Of the 14 constituencies in South Karnataka that went into …

Karnataka Congress North Bjp Constituencies North Karnataka South Karnataka

8 months, 1 week ago

Panchamasali seer bars entry of BJP candidates to mutt; says community being used as vote bank

The Hindu

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has encountered another problem in Karnataka with the seer of a demographically strong Veerashaiva-Panchamasali community barring party candidates from entering the mutt premises at Harihar. Speaking to The Hindu, Vachanananda Swami, head of the Veerashaiva Lingayat Panchamasali Guru Peetha at Harihar, confirmed that the entry of BJP candidates …

Community Bjp Panchamasali

8 months, 2 weeks ago

In caste fight, can Somanna trump Gowda in Karnataka's Tumakuru?

New Indian Express

TUMAKURU: In a fight between Veerashaiva-Lingayat leader V Somanna, the BJP-JDS alliance candidate, and SP Muddahanume Gowda, a Vokkaliga, of Congress, AHINDA communities hold the key in the Tumakuru Lok Sabha constituency, a caste conundrum. He is also promptly following the advice of former CM and JDS state president HD Kumaraswamy, who had given him a list of around 250 …

Gowda Jds Tumakuru Somanna

8 months, 3 weeks ago

A dozen mutinies in Karnataka

The Hindu

All the political parties in Karnataka have completed the process of ticket distribution for the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies. The party nominated former Minister Govind Karjol, a trusted aide of party veteran and former Chief Minister B.S. Local party workers have also posted on social media criticising the candidature of former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar from Belagavi and former Minister …

Karnataka Congress Party Bjp Minister Cabinet Kolar

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Pralhad Joshi will not be replaced, says Yediyurappa

Hindustan Times

Former chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday refuted allegation by Veerashaiva-Lingayat mutts in north Karnataka that Union minister Pralhad Joshi had a “role in ousting him” and said that the minister’s candidature from Dharwad will not be replaced. The members of various Veerashaiva-Lingayat mutts on Wednesday had opposed Joshi’s candidacy from the Dharwad constituency for “undermining Lingayat political leaders and …

Karnataka Lingayat Union Bjp Minister Joshi Dharwad

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Swami opposes social and economic survey

The Hindu

Basava Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami of Kudalasangama Panchamasali Peeth has said that the caste census submitted by the Chairman of the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes K. Jayaprakash Hegde, is unscientific and unacceptable. Urging the State government not to take this census to Cabinet, the Swami said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should re-conduct the caste census by visiting the doorsteps …

Lingayat Caste Census State Kalaburagi Swami

9 months, 3 weeks ago

OBC panel submits caste census report finally

The Hindu

The long-pending final report of the Socio-economic and Educational Survey of Karnataka was submitted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah here on Thursday. In the run-up to the Assembly elections, the Congress had promised to accept the caste census report and Mr. Siddaramaiah had also on multiple occasions reiterated it. Opposition to survey Conducted in 2015 by the Kantharaj Commission during the …

Caste Census Survey Caste Census State Commission Minister

10 months, 3 weeks ago

How Jagadish Shettar's return signals Karnataka BJP resetting for LS polls

India Today

Nine months ago, just before the Karnataka assembly election, senior BJP leader Jagadish Shettar had sprung a surprise by leaving a party his family had been associated with for decades, to join the Congress. Shettar’s return is expected to help the BJP in northern Karnataka as he hails from the powerful Veerashaiva-Lingayat community, the party’s mainstay in the state. Today, …

Karnataka Assembly Lingayat Congress Lok Sabha State Bjp

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Veteran Cong leader praises BJP MP, urges people to re-elect him

Hindustan Times

Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa has appealed to the people of Shivamogga to re-elect BJP member of Parliament B Y Raghavendra in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, considering the development work he has done in the constituency. "It won't be wrong in calling him a wise leader for keeping watch on the developmental works to be done in his constituency …

Congress Party Work Leader Parliament Good Raghavendra

10 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka Congress leader asks people to re-elect Yediyurappa's son BY Raghavendra in 2024 LS polls

New Indian Express

SHIVAMOGGA: Senior Congress leader and Akhila Bharat Veerashaiva Mahasabha President Shamanur Shivashankarappa called upon the voters of the Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency to re-elect sitting BJP MP BY Raghavendra ‘considering his development works.’ Both Shivashankarappa and Raghavendra belong to the dominant Lingayat community. Raghavendra is the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and the elder brother of BJP …

Congress Leader Raghavendra Shivashankarappa Basavanna

11 months ago

Basavanna is Karnataka’s ‘cultural leader’

The Hindu

Karnataka government has agreed to declare 12th century social reformer Basaveshwara as Karnataka’s “cultural leader.” This is for the first time that the State has declared anyone as a “cultural leader”, said Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre, who is also General Secretary of Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha. He told presspersons after the Cabinet decision that Maharashtra has earlier declared Chatrapathi Shivaji …

Karnataka Basavanna Cultural Leader

11 months, 1 week ago

Veershaiva Lingayat Global Business Conclave in Hubballi

The Hindu

The International Lingayat Youth Forum will hold a three-day Veershaiva Lingayat Global Business Conclave from January 23 to 25 at the Biotechnology Auditorium of BVB College of Engineering and Technology in Hubballi. He said the business conclave was aimed bringing Veerashaiva Lingayat industry stalwarts from across the globe under one roof and deliberate investment opportunities in Karnataka, to promote the …

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Congress's Edge Over BJP-JDS Alliance in Assembly Elections

If leadership changes in Karnataka, next CM should be a Lingayat: Sri Saila swami

Shivakumar mocks demand for 3 more Deputy Chief Ministers in Karnataka

Congress high command's decision final: Siddaramaiah on 3 more Deputy CMs

Congress ministers again push for three more deputy CMs in Karnataka

Seer stresses need to resume independent religion movement

Lingayats disappointed with only MoS portfolio for community

After losing Karnataka Assembly polls from two seats, Somanna becomes minister, thanks to Amit Shah

Influential Lingayat leader sworn into NDA 3.0 council of ministers

Samata Sena seeks action against Neha’s father

Seers protest in Hubballi against denial of permission for meeting

Seer accuses Joshi of using ‘death of Lingayat’ for election

With votes in EVMs for 14 out of 28 constituencies, focus now shifts to North Karnataka for May 7 polls

Panchamasali seer bars entry of BJP candidates to mutt; says community being used as vote bank

In caste fight, can Somanna trump Gowda in Karnataka's Tumakuru?

A dozen mutinies in Karnataka

Pralhad Joshi will not be replaced, says Yediyurappa

Swami opposes social and economic survey

OBC panel submits caste census report finally

How Jagadish Shettar's return signals Karnataka BJP resetting for LS polls

Veteran Cong leader praises BJP MP, urges people to re-elect him

Karnataka Congress leader asks people to re-elect Yediyurappa's son BY Raghavendra in 2024 LS polls

Basavanna is Karnataka’s ‘cultural leader’

Veershaiva Lingayat Global Business Conclave in Hubballi