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How Jagadish Shettar's return signals Karnataka BJP resetting for LS polls
11 months, 1 week 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, …

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Now, a business app for Veerashaiva Lingayats
1 year, 2 months ago

Now, a business app for Veerashaiva Lingayats

The Hindu  

A trade body established for the development and welfare of industrialists and businessmen belonging to Veerashaiva Lingayat community residing in Northern districts of Karnataka has now come up with a mobile application for furthering the community’s business interest. Addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Saturday, founder pesident of North Karnataka Veerashaiva Lingayat Industries and Commerce and former president of Karnatak Chamber …

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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to inaugurate Basaveshwara statue in Athani
1 year, 5 months ago

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to inaugurate Basaveshwara statue in Athani

India TV News  

Karnataka news: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the Basaveshwara statue in Athani town and will also lay the foundation stone for other development projects today. The Chief Minister will also inaugurate drinking water, and other irrigation projects in Kokatanura in Athani taluk, later in the day. Laxman Savadi and former chief minister Jagadish Shettar quit the Bharatiya Janata Party …

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BJP will beat 38-year trend of ruling party not winning polls in Karnataka with development agenda, Modi’s charisma: Shobha Karandlaje
1 year, 8 months ago

BJP will beat 38-year trend of ruling party not winning polls in Karnataka with development agenda, Modi’s charisma: Shobha Karandlaje

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Karnataka Election Management Committee convenor Shobha Karandlajesaid the party will beat the historical trend — of ruling parties not winning the elections in the last 38 years in the State — with its developmental agenda and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma. In an interview with The Hindu, Ms. Karandlaje, who is also Union Minister of State …

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Shah plays Lingayat card against Siddaramaiah in Varuna constituency
1 year, 8 months ago

Shah plays Lingayat card against Siddaramaiah in Varuna constituency

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Campaigning for Bharatiya Janata Party nominee V. Somanna in Lingayat-dominated Varuna Assembly constituency here on Tuesday, BJP leader and Union Minister Amit Shah accused the Congress nominee and former chief minister Siddaramaiah of insulting the Lingayats by reportedly calling them "corrupt.” While V. Somanna is from the politically dominant Lingayat community, Siddaramaiah belongs to the Kuruba community. Amit Shah …

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BJP banks on growth, ideology in central and southern Karnataka
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. …

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V Somanna: Under Fire Over ‘Slap’ Row, K’taka Min, Lingayat Strongman Isn’t New to Controversies
2 years, 2 months ago

V Somanna: Under Fire Over ‘Slap’ Row, K’taka Min, Lingayat Strongman Isn’t New to Controversies

News 18  

Karnataka Housing Minister V Somanna stirred a controversy after he allegedly slapped a woman at an event in the state’s Chamarajanagar district when she went with a plea to resolve her grievance. #WATCH | Karnataka Minister V Somanna caught on camera slapping a woman at an event in Chamarajanagar district’s Hangala village in Gundlupet Taluk, where he was distributing land …

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Basava Jayanti 2022: What you ought to know about Basaveshwara
2 years, 8 months ago

Basava Jayanti 2022: What you ought to know about Basaveshwara

Hindustan Times  

Basava Jayanti is a Hindu festival celebrated by Lingayats in Karnataka, and other parts of south India to mark the birth anniversary of Lord Basavanna. This year's Basava Jayanti, which is on the same day as Eid, will be celebrated grandly in Mysore at events organised by groups like the Akhila Bharatha Veerasahaiva Mahasabha, Veerashaiva Lingayat Organisations, Basava Balaga Federation. …

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Why B.S. Yediyurappa had to make way for Basavaraj Bommai as Karnataka chief minister
3 years, 5 months ago

Why B.S. Yediyurappa had to make way for Basavaraj Bommai as Karnataka chief minister

India Today  

On July 16, B.S. On July 27, when the BJP’s Karnataka legislators elected loyalist Basavaraj Bommai, 61, as his successor, it reflected Yediyurappa’s indispensability to the party. Santhosh managed to get his loyalists appointed to the state unit, Yediyurappa’s cabinet, the party’s national team, along with the Union cabinet. It was Yediyurappa’s grip on the Lingayat community that made the …

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Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa creates development boards for Maratha and Lingayat communities with an eye to winning byelections and to get one up in his tussle with the BJP central leader
4 years ago

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa creates development boards for Maratha and Lingayat communities with an eye to winning byelections and to get one up in his tussle with the BJP central leader

The Hindu  

ON December 5, even as pro-Kannada organisations decided to observe a State-wide bandh against the formation of the Maratha Development Board, Chief Minister B.S. Development boards Yediyurappa’s decision to form three caste-specific development authorities in November without any budgetary allotments, Cabinet discussion and scientific studies has been the most egregious of his recent decisions. While other Chief Ministers have formed …

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It's Raining Caste-based Boards in K'taka, Lingayats Latest to be Rewarded by BSY; Experts Fume
4 years, 1 month ago

It's Raining Caste-based Boards in K'taka, Lingayats Latest to be Rewarded by BSY; Experts Fume

News 18  

It is raining caste development boards and corporations in Karnataka. After setting up Kaadu Golla Development Corporation and Maratha Development Board, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has issued an order to set up a Veerashaiva – Lingayat Development Corporation with immediate effect. Keeping an eye on the Basavakalyana Assembly by-elections, Yediyurappa announced setting up of a Maratha development board with an …

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Q&A: Khandres never worked for Bidar’s development, says Bhagwanth Khuba
5 years, 7 months ago

Q&A: Khandres never worked for Bidar’s development, says Bhagwanth Khuba

Deccan Chronicle  

Newly elected BJP MP from Bidar, Bhagwanth Khuba has surprised political observers by registering a clear victory against Congress strongman and KPCC Working President Eshwar Khandre, who was fielded against him. Though the ground situation was supposed to favour the Congress candidate, Mr Khuba overcame all challenges posed by Mr Khandre and his party almost single-handedly with the Modi wave …

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Kalaburagi: For Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress holds Veerashaiva-Lingayats rally
5 years, 8 months ago

Kalaburagi: For Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress holds Veerashaiva-Lingayats rally

Deccan Chronicle  

Kalaburagi: With a view to send out a message that the Veerashaiva-Lingayats are backing the Congress candidate in the Kalaburagi Lok Sabha seat, Mallikarjun Kharge, a convention of the community was held here on Friday. Top Congress leaders belonging to the community such as Akhila Bharat Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha president Shamanur Shivashankarappa, KPCC Working President Eswhar Khandre, Ministers M.B. Patil, …

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Pralhad Joshi has no Modi wave to fall back on this time in Dharwad: Vinay Kulkarni
5 years, 9 months ago

Pralhad Joshi has no Modi wave to fall back on this time in Dharwad: Vinay Kulkarni

Deccan Chronicle  

Dharwad: Former Congress minister, Vinay Kulkarni is up for a tough battle in Dharwad as he received the ticket for the constituency just a day before the last date of filing of nominations and now has to contend with sticky issues like partymen deserting it to join the BJP and the displeasure of Muslim leaders, who are upset at the …

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