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Lingayat Panchamasali Protest Demands 2A Reservation Clarity

Belagavi: Lingayat Panchamasali Seer Basavajaya Mrityunjay Swamiji announced that the protest demanding 2A reservation for the Panchamasali community will be held as scheduled on December 10. “We will commence the ‘Panchamasali Sangharsha Samavesha’ at the venue in front of Suvarna Soudha premises at 10 am, and the program will continue until 1 pm. If the Chief Minister hands us the …

2A Reservation Panchamasali Reservation Clarity

6 months, 4 weeks 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

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi retains Dharwad, Bommai gets Haveri

New Indian Express

HUBBALLI: Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi has been renominated to contest from the Dharwad parliamentary constituency for the upcoming general elections. In a post on X, Joshi expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda, former chief minister BS Yediyurappa and all party leaders for nominating him as …

Lingayat Party Bjp Minister Joshi Dharwad Haveri

10 months ago

Panchamasalis to relaunch agitation through convention in Kalaburagi on March 12

The Hindu

With the Lok Sabha polls on the anvil, the Panchamasali Lingayat Reservation Agitation Committee has planned to re-launch an agitation through its mega convention in Kalaburagi on March 12, to press for its long-pending demand for inclusion under Category 2A and bringing all Lingayat sub-castes under central OBCs list. Committee president Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swami of Kudalasangama Panchamasali Peeth told …

Lingayat Kalaburagi

1 year, 1 month ago

Amidst caste census row, BJP attempts to stitch a Lingayat-Vokkaliga alliance

The Hindu

The Bharatiya Janata Party, smarting from a humiliating Assembly poll defeat in Karnataka, is trying to script a comeback by stitching a Lingayat-Vokkaliga alliance which in the past has proved electorally formidable. This ensured the defeat of Congress in 2018,” said a senior BJP party strategist, adding that a lot also depends on how Karnataka government and Congress handles the …

Karnataka Lingayat Caste Party Census Vokkaliga State

1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka Assembly Election 2023: Understanding the secular victory of the Congress

The Hindu

Published : May 15, 2023 15:50 IST - 11 MINS READ Siddaramaiah proved uncannily prescient in his political predictions. In an interview with Frontline a month before the Karnataka Assembly election on May 10, the Congress leader, who is the front runner for the Chief Minister’s post, said that the Congress’ vote share would cross 40 per cent in the …

Karnataka Political Lingayat Congress Campaign Election Party

1 year, 7 months ago

How Anti-Incumbency, Corruption and Smart Social Coalition Gave Congress a Landslide Win in Karnataka - News18

News 18

An anti-incumbency surge gave the Congress a decisive mandate in Karnataka its first victory in a major state in five years. The well-entrenched Ahinda combine led by Congress stalwart Siddaramaiah has proved highly resilient, leading to the BJP’s over-dependence on its Lingayat leaders, notably BS Yediyurappa. Even as the BJP redraws its Karnataka strategy, the Congress must ensure that the …

Lingayat State Vote Bjp Karnataka Congress

1 year, 7 months ago

Anti-incumbency and party unity script Congress's victory

Deccan Chronicle

Mangaluru: The unity mantra of the Congress along with the strong anti-incumbency and failure of BJP leaders in the state seems to have overthrown BJP and reinstated the Congress in the power in Karnataka after a gap of five years. This time, however, the BJP suffered one of its miserable defeats in spite of sustained campaign by the popular Prime …

Unity Lingayat Congress Election Leaders State Rahul

1 year, 8 months ago

Polling day dawns in Karnataka after pitched campaign by all parties

The Hindu

After a fortnight of high-decibel poll campaigns, Karnataka is set to vote on Wednesday to elect a new government. What parties bank on The BJP, which seemed to be on the back foot in the run-up to the election with a perceived anti-incumbency, corruption charges, and an “anti-Lingayat” tag after the exit of Lingayat leaders Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi, …

Karnataka Lingayat Congress Campaign Election State Bjp

1 year, 8 months ago

In Hubballi-Dharwad Central, the battle is between Shettar’s hurt sentiments and BJP’s betrayal card

The Hindu

Hubballi Dharwad Central, the constituency which gave the State two Chief Ministers has drawn the attention of the nation this election as Mr. Shettar, who was considered a “soft spoken, loyal worker” of the saffron party, sprang a surprise by going against the party’s diktat. Six-time victory Being the senior most BJP and Lingayat leader from North Karnataka, Mr. Shettar …

Lingayat Congress Party Chief Minister Bjp Minister Chief

1 year, 8 months ago

Prominent mutt’s poll sway under lens as key seer face rape charges

Hindustan Times

Bengaluru Political leaders started to visit mutts to seek blessings ahead of Karnataka elections. In Chitradurga in central Karnataka, the sexual assault allegations against prominent Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru have, however, cast a looming shadow over the political influence of the Murugha mutt. After the arrest of Shivamurthy Sharanaru, Davangere-based Virakta Mutt seer Basavaprabhu was appointed the in-charge pontiff …

Support Karnataka Lingayat Congress Mutt Yediyurappa Chitradurga

1 year, 8 months ago

HDK, DK Shivakumar and Bommai Walk Into Old Mysore. Who Will Reach Bengaluru? - News18

News 18

Karnataka Assembly elections have entered the final lap. Both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress know that the route to Bengaluru goes through the Old Mysore region. Most of the bigwigs from the Congress and JDS, including Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar and HD Kumaraswamy, hail from this region, making the current election one of the most important electoral contests. In …

Bengaluru Assembly Lingayat Congress Election Mysore Bjp

1 year, 8 months ago

Karnataka polls 2023: A Brahmin factor at play

Hindustan Times

A few events in the past week have hinted at intense factionalism within the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party : Two prominent Lingayat leaders, Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi, who left after the party denied them tickets and have since joined Congress, blamed BJP national general secretary B L Santosh, who has come from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, accusing him of manoeuvres …

Lingayat Congress Party Bjp Minister Joshi Ticket

1 year, 8 months ago

BJP banks on growth, ideology in central and southern Karnataka

Hindustan Times

The Bharatiya Janata Party‘s strategy of steering its election campaign on the axis of development and ideology is conspicuous on the ground in Tumkur and the adjoining Davangere. Tumkur, with its food processing park; the HAL helicopter factory; and the smart city is hailed by the BJP as one of the most successful transformations of a city in recent years. …

Development Jobs Lingayat Congress Party City Smart City

1 year, 8 months ago

Lingayats with BJP due to work of party, not because of individual leaders: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The Hindu

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar speaks to Nistula Hebbar on Karnataka polls, defections and rebels, hijab, corruption allegations etc. Jagadish Shettar in the Congress is as chalk and cheese as you can get, for example — the incident at the Idgah Maidan, the Ram Mandir issue, appeasement politics of the Congress, the promise of the Congress to roll back the reservation …

Community Karnataka Corruption Lingayat Congress Party Bjp

1 year, 8 months ago

Who is Jagadish Shettar and why did he quit Karnataka BJP?

Hindustan Times

With former CM Jagadish Shettar joining the Congress, the BJP will not see the three prominent Lingayat figures contesting in this assembly elections from the party. Jagadish Shivappa Shettar, was one of the BJP’s prominent leaders in Karnataka and also a face of Lingayat community in the Hubballi Dharwad region. Shettar was also the speaker of Karnataka legislative assembly in …

Lingayat Congress Party Bjp Ticket Hubballi Jagadish

1 year, 8 months ago

Jagadish Shettar joins Congress, to contest from Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency

The Hindu

Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday joined the Congress ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections in the State. The 67-year-old Lingayat leader joined the Congress at the party office in Bengaluru in the presence of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president Mr. Shivakumar and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC campaign …

Lingayat Party Leaders Bjp Minister Karnataka Chief Shettar

1 year, 9 months ago

BJP Top Brass Rushes to Save Lingayat Votes as They Woo Yediyurappa

News 18

The ruling BJP in Karnataka is making all attempts to mollycoddle former chief minister and BJP Central Parliamentary Board member B.S. Sources said that the saffron party, unable to create another mass leader in the state, has understood that the snubs by the party to Yediyurappa has angered the Lingayat community. Niranjan Kumar, BJP MLA from Gundlupet constituency, while talking …

Community Karnataka Lingayat Party State Bjp Leader

1 year, 11 months ago

Kaun Banega Mukhyamantri: Debate in Karnataka intensifies

India Today

The countdown to the assembly elections has truly begun! In the last assembly elections in Assam, the BJP took a similar stand and placed Sonowal in the leadership till the elections and brought in Himanta Biswa Sarma as Chief Minister after the victory. The fact that the BJP leadership is hesitating in declaring him as the Chief Ministerial candidate is …

Leadership Elections Karnataka Lingayat Congress Party Chief Minister

2 years, 3 months ago

Feat of Clay: Basavaraj Bommai's Statue Politics And Its Importance

News 18

In a bid to woo two of Karnataka’s largest communities — the Lingayats and Vokkaligas — the Basavaraj Bommai government is all set to unveil the statues of social reformer and philosopher Basavanna and Nadaprabhu Kempegowda on November 1, also celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava day. “While symbolism has its benefits in terms of visibility space you provide, I think, the …

Community Karnataka Lingayat Vokkaliga Bjp Statue Statues

2 years, 9 months ago

After Poll Win in 4 States, BJP Draws Roadmap for Karnataka 2023; Amit Shah to Visit Siddaganga Mutt

News 18

Riding on the wave of victory in four of the five state assemblies, the central leadership of the BJP has now turned their focus towards Karnataka, which is expected to go to polls in 2023. Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to the southern state is being seen as the party top brass’ early steps towards drawing the election road …

Karnataka Lingayat Congress Gandhi State Shah Visit

3 years, 5 months ago

Newly-anointed K’taka CM a Lingayat leader, BSY aide

Hindustan Times

For the Bharatiya Janata Party, Basavaraj Bommai is the ideal candidate to replace BS Yediyurappa as the Karnataka chief minister. Newly elected Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai during BJP Legislature Party meeting in Bengaluru, Unlike Yediyurappa, who was part of the BJP from its inception, Bommai started his political career with the Janata Dal. The incoming CM’s father SR Bommai …

Karnataka Lingayat Party Bjp Minister Leader Yediyurappa

3 years, 5 months ago

Second Bommai to become CM, checks all boxes for BJP

Hindustan Times

For the Bharatiya Janta Party, Basavaraj Bommai is the ideal candidate to replace BS Yediyurappa. Unlike Yediyurappa, who was part of the BJP from its inception, Bommai started his political career with the Janata Dal and worked with senior leaders including HD Deve Gowda and Ramakrishna Hegde during this time. His father SR Bommai was instrumental in the Janata Party …

Karnataka Lingayat Party Bjp Central Leader Nrc

3 years, 5 months ago

Choice of Yediyurappa’s successor depends on BJP road map for Karnataka unit

The Hindu

The indication that Chief Minister B.S. The party is yet to forget the defeat suffered by it in the 2013 Assembly polls after a portion of the Lingayat vote base drifted away from it when Mr. Yediyurappa had severed links with it to float a new political outfit. Some party hard-liners are of the view that the party should bring …

Lingayat Bjp Minister Unit Nirani Yediyurappa Party High

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Lingayat Panchamasali Protest Demands 2A Reservation Clarity

Lingayats disappointed with only MoS portfolio for community

Karnataka: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi retains Dharwad, Bommai gets Haveri

Panchamasalis to relaunch agitation through convention in Kalaburagi on March 12

Amidst caste census row, BJP attempts to stitch a Lingayat-Vokkaliga alliance

Karnataka Assembly Election 2023: Understanding the secular victory of the Congress

How Anti-Incumbency, Corruption and Smart Social Coalition Gave Congress a Landslide Win in Karnataka - News18

Anti-incumbency and party unity script Congress's victory

Polling day dawns in Karnataka after pitched campaign by all parties

In Hubballi-Dharwad Central, the battle is between Shettar’s hurt sentiments and BJP’s betrayal card

Prominent mutt’s poll sway under lens as key seer face rape charges

HDK, DK Shivakumar and Bommai Walk Into Old Mysore. Who Will Reach Bengaluru? - News18

Karnataka polls 2023: A Brahmin factor at play

BJP banks on growth, ideology in central and southern Karnataka

Lingayats with BJP due to work of party, not because of individual leaders: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Who is Jagadish Shettar and why did he quit Karnataka BJP?

Jagadish Shettar joins Congress, to contest from Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency

BJP Top Brass Rushes to Save Lingayat Votes as They Woo Yediyurappa

Kaun Banega Mukhyamantri: Debate in Karnataka intensifies

Feat of Clay: Basavaraj Bommai's Statue Politics And Its Importance

After Poll Win in 4 States, BJP Draws Roadmap for Karnataka 2023; Amit Shah to Visit Siddaganga Mutt

Newly-anointed K’taka CM a Lingayat leader, BSY aide

Second Bommai to become CM, checks all boxes for BJP

Choice of Yediyurappa’s successor depends on BJP road map for Karnataka unit