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Does CM Siddaramaiah set Congress on a collision course with Lingayats?
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1 week, 1 day ago

Does CM Siddaramaiah set Congress on a collision course with Lingayats?

New Indian Express  

Wittingly or unwittingly, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has set the Congress on a collision course with the Lingayat community in Karnataka. The Government’s brash handling of the Panchamsali Lingayats’ agitation and the community seer’s call for intensifying the movement indicates that it could cause more bad blood. Members of the Karnataka State Backward Castes Federation have urged the CM not to …

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Karnataka: Panchamasali Lingayat reservation protests turns violent, police resorts to lathi-charge - WATCH
1 week, 6 days ago

Karnataka: Panchamasali Lingayat reservation protests turns violent, police resorts to lathi-charge - WATCH

Live Mint  

Demanding Panchamasali Lingayats' reservation, a large number of people gathered to demonstrate in Karnataka's Belagavi on Tuesday. The protestors breached the barricade laid by the police to lay siege to the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha where the Karnataka Legislative session is in progress. The agitation was led by Basava Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami who has been demanding the inclusion of Panchamasali community …

Karnataka Panchamasali
Karnataka: Identify as Lingayat, not as Hindu, Veerashaiva Mahasabha asks members
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka: Identify as Lingayat, not as Hindu, Veerashaiva Mahasabha asks members

Hindustan Times  

The Veerashaiva Mahasabha has asked its community members not to describe themselves as Hindu in the forthcoming population census or caste census. This decision was taken among the eight resolutions adopted by delegates during the 24th annual convention of the Veerashaiva Mahasabha rally in Davangere on Sunday. Former chief minister Jagdish Shettar during the 24th annual convention of the Veerashaiva …

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Seers, Mahasabha office-bearers call for ‘scientific caste census’
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Seers, Mahasabha office-bearers call for ‘scientific caste census’

The Hindu  

Seers of various Veerashaiva Lingayat mutts, office-bearers of Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha and leaders unanimously announced at the 24th Convention of the Mahasabha that they were opposed to what they termed as an ‘unscientific caste census’ and wanted the government to conduct a caste census in a scientific manner. Participating in the inaugural session of the 24th Mahadhiveshan of Akhil Bharat …

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Congress Accuses BJP of Manipulating Lingayat Leaders, Targets BY Vijayendra
1 year, 1 month ago

Congress Accuses BJP of Manipulating Lingayat Leaders, Targets BY Vijayendra

Deccan Chronicle  

MANGALURU: The political tussle between the Congress and BJP in Karnataka continues to intensify as the Congress now levels allegations that the BJP is using leaders from the Lingayat community to further its agenda. Despite Vijayendra hailing from the Lingayat community, the Congress has portrayed him as a mere pawn in the BJP's political maneuvers. In a statement posted on …

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Congress, BJP accuse each other of neglecting Lingayat community
1 year, 8 months ago

Congress, BJP accuse each other of neglecting Lingayat community

Deccan Chronicle  

Mangaluru: The recent political events in Karnataka are said to have raised concern in the BJP camp as they risk facing the wrath of the Lingayat community, a crucial voting bloc in the state. The retirement of BS Yediyurappa, a prominent Lingayat leader and the face of the BJP in Karnataka, and the subsequent resignations of Laxman Savadi and Jagadish …

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Lingayat community unhappy with BSY resignation
3 years, 4 months ago

Lingayat community unhappy with BSY resignation

Hindustan Times  

Even though BS Yediyurappa claimed his resignation was voluntary, his removal presents a challenge for the saffron party in the coming days. The first signs of trouble came hours after his resignation when some seers of the Lingayat community warned the BJP of consequences for removing the 78-year-old leader. The Lingayat community forms close to 16% of the state’s population …

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How Lingayat community became a key BJP vote bank in Karnataka
3 years, 4 months ago

How Lingayat community became a key BJP vote bank in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s constant appeal to seers and supporters from the Lingayat community, to refrain from protesting a move by the BJP high command to remove him from the post, has not exactly been received well, as the community continues to strongly oppose the decision, warning the Centre of “consequences”. MB Patil, a Lingayat leader in the Congress …

Community Karnataka Lingayat Congress Party State Minister
Who is stirring the caste cauldron in Karnataka?
3 years, 9 months ago

Who is stirring the caste cauldron in Karnataka?

Hindustan Times  

The last few months have seen a series of caste agitations in Karnataka demanding either greater reservation or to be included in some preferred category of Scheduled Tribe or Scheduled Caste status. What is interesting is that it is not just traditional backward communities like Idigas, Valmikis and Ganga Mathastas but dominant communities like Lingayats, Vokkaligas and Kurubas who are …

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