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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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'Siddaramaiah is anti-Lingayat': Seer slams Karnataka CM amid 2A reservation issue
1 week, 4 days ago

'Siddaramaiah is anti-Lingayat': Seer slams Karnataka CM amid 2A reservation issue

Hindustan Times  

A Lingayat Panchamsali seer has labeled Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as "anti-Lingayat," asserting that no previous government had treated the community this way during their peaceful protests over the past four years. According to Deccan Herald, Basav Jaymritunjay Swamiji of Panchamsali Peetha, Kudalasangama, said Siddaramaiah was misleading the public about inviting Lingayat Panchamsali leaders for talks on the 2A reservation …

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Panchamasalis set to get 2A reservation, says MLA Yatnal
2 years ago

Panchamasalis set to get 2A reservation, says MLA Yatnal

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday is said to have informally discussed the demand for higher reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for the Panchamasali Lingayat community even as Panchamsali leader and BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal said that the state has “agreed to accord reservation to the community after the formalities are completed on December 29.” Panchamasali Lingayat community …

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300k Panchamsalis to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha demanding 2A reservation
2 years ago

300k Panchamsalis to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha demanding 2A reservation

Hindustan Times  

At least 300,000 members from the Panchamsali community from Karnataka’s Belagavi district will hold a march over the reservation issue on Thursday to Suvarna Vidhana Soudha situated on the Pune-Bengaluru national highway, 14km from the district, people in the know of the matter said on Wednesday. The Panchamsali Meesalati Horata Samiti, headed by Kudalasangama-based mutt seer Basava Jayamrutunjaya Swami, which …

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BJP in Fix as Karnataka Sees Fresh Lingayat Stir, Seers Blame BSY Son for 'Misguiding' Ex-CM on Quota
3 years, 3 months ago

BJP in Fix as Karnataka Sees Fresh Lingayat Stir, Seers Blame BSY Son for 'Misguiding' Ex-CM on Quota

News 18  

Karnataka seems headed for another agitation demanding better reservation by the dominant Lingayat community, the primary votebank of the BJP, barely six months after the first one. Seers from the Panchamsali sub-sect of the community, who form almost 70 per cent of all Lingayats, are launching a month-long campaign to pressure the government for reservation under the 2A OBC quota. …

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Caste constant in Karnataka
3 years, 4 months ago

Caste constant in Karnataka

The Hindu  

AN era ended in Karnataka politics when the 78-year-old B.S. In an interaction with the media soon after he was made Chief Minister, Basavaraj Bommai acknowledged Yediyurappa’s undisputed leadership: “He is our leader, he will be our leader always and mentor our party in Karnataka.” Dark horse Basavaraj Bommai’s name was not among the frontrunners for chief ministership when it …

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Panchamsali and Kuruba caste groups demand increase in percentage of quota in Karnataka
3 years, 9 months ago

Panchamsali and Kuruba caste groups demand increase in percentage of quota in Karnataka

The Hindu  

THE past few months have witnessed a heightened demand by some caste and sub-caste groups in Karnataka for a share in the reservation pie. Religious leaders of two caste groups, Panchamsalis and Kurubas, have been spearheading movements to demand an increase in the percentage of reservation for the respective communities in the total reservation for Other Backward Classes. Panchamsali is …

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