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Does CM Siddaramaiah set Congress on a collision course with Lingayats?
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1 week, 2 days 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
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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