Vijayapura: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday defended the lathi charge by police on the Panchamasali agitators, saying that the government cannot turn a blind eye if someone takes the law into their hands and causes trouble to people. Several people including policemen were injured when the demonstration by a section of people from the Panchamasali community turned violent, compelling …
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 …
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 …
