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The Panchamasali reservation committee members and other community organisations on Thursday held several rallies in Belagavi district against Tuesday’s police lathi charge on demonstrators. Issuing a warning, he said, “If I give the call, 25 to 50 lakh Panchamasali Lingayats are ready to lay siege to the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi.” On Wednesday, the Hirebagewadi police registered a suo …

Panchamasali agitation: Karnataka Minister Santosh Lad denies allegations of ‘planned’ lathi charge

Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad has denied allegations that the State government had planned a lathi charge on the activists who participated in the Panchamasali reservation agitation committee protest in Belagavi on Tuesday. To a query by reporters, he said that this was among the few baseless allegations made by Sri Basava Jaya Mrutyunjay Swami, honourary president of the committee. …

Lad Lathi Charge Denies Allegations

Panchamasali reservation committee and other community organisations held protest rallies in some places in Belagavi district condemning the police lathi charge against the committee members in Belagavi on Tuesday. Sri Basava Jaya Mrutyunjay Swami, head of the Panchamasali peetha and honourary president of the committee, alleged that the CM had ordered the lathi charge only to insult the community and …

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Seer calls Siddaramaiah anti-Lingayat, BJP demands apology for lathi charge

The seer of Panchamshali Peetha in Karnataka condemned Tuesday's lathi charge on Panchamshali Lingayat protesters in Belagavi, calling for a statewide road blockade. Tensions escalated on Tuesday when members of the Panchamshali Lingayat community staged a protest near the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, demanding reservation under the 2A category. Members of the Panchamshali Lingayat community protested near Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in …

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A day after Panchamasali reservation agitation in Belagavi turned violent, Basava Jayamruthyunjaya Swami of the Kudalasangama Panchamasali Peetha, honorary president of the Panchamasali reservation agitation committee, denied the charge that members of the committee threw stones, damaged vehicles, and injured police personnel. He denied that the committee did not violate the High Court order that asked them to conduct a …

Belagavi: Police resorted to a lathi charge on Tuesday to disperse protesters demanding 2A reservation for Panchamasali Lingayats after they attempted to storm the Suvarna Soudha during the ongoing winter session of the state legislature. The protest, organized under the banner of Panchamasali Sangharsha Samavesha, was led by Lingayat Panchamasali Seer Basavajaya Mrityunjaya Swamiji and held near the Suvarna Soudha …

Karnataka CID files charge sheet over Jain monk’s murder

The Karnataka Crime Investigation Department has submitted a charge sheet exceeding 500 pages in connection with the murder of a Jain monk in Belagavi district of Karnataka, officials familiar with the matter said on Friday. Karnataka CID submits charge sheet of over 500 pages in connection with the murder of a Jain monk in Belagavi district of Karnataka. Jain seer …

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

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 …

Udupi: Sri Vidyasagara Theertha Swamiji of Krishnapura Math ascended the Paryaya Peeta in a traditional function held at Udupi Sri Krishna temple on Tuesday. Paryaya celebrations at Udupi temple marks the commencement of the two-year term when the Swamiji will take charge of offering daily pooja to Sri Krishna. At Sri Krishna Math he was welcomed by the outgoing Adamaru …