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Bheemanna Khandre was a great asset to Congress, says DK Shivakumar on sen
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Recalling his commitment to the party, Shivakumar said, "We had given him an MLC seat at his house. But he wanted his son Eshwar Khandre to win in the Vidhan Sabha... He was a great person who worked very loyally for the party and worked very well for the development of Bidar, and left be
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"Entire Kharge family is anti-Assam": CM Himanta Biswa Sarma slams Congres
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Back in 2019, when the Narendra Modi-led government conferred Bharat Ratna to Bhupen Hazarika, Mallikarjun Kharge had questioned the decision, demanding the honour for Shivakumara Swami, an iconic Lingayat seer.
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"Decision should be made by community itself": Parameshwara on Veerashaiva
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said that it must be clarified whether the Veerashaiva-Lingayat religion and the Lingayat religion are the same or different religions. He stressed that this decision must be made by the community itself.
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BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya slams Siddaramaiah over Karnataka caste survey,
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, Siroya wrote, "By ordering a caste census in a tearing hurry, Shri. Siddaramaiah has made everybody, including his own party men and cabinet colleagues, unhappy. As of today, the Vokkaligas, the Lingayats, the Dalits, the OBCs, the Brahmins, the minorities, the tribes and the
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Karnataka caste-census to begin from Sep 22, BJP says "another attempt to
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
BJP Karnataka President and MLA B Y Vijayendra criticised the state government for conducting a caste census despite 'constitutional and legal restrictions', and said that the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led government is proceeding with caste enumeration under the guise of a surve
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Karnataka: Caste census is for social justice, not politics, says Deputy C
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"The reason why we are redoing the caste census is social justice, not politics. The opposition parties, who criticised the previous caste census, are opposing the new caste census. Let them take a stand to support the original caste census if they have an issue with the new one," the Congre
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RS Deputy Speaker, Union Ministers pay floral tribute to Guru Basaveshwara
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Rajya Sabha Deputy Speaker Harivansh Narayan Singh, Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, Kiren Rijiju, Pralhad Joshi, Shobha Karandlaje and BJP MP Tejasvi Surya among other leaders on Wednesday paid floral tribute to social reformer and founder of Lingayat tradition, Guru Basaveshwara at Parlia
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CM Siddaramaiah defends caste census, hits back at BJP over National Heral
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
On Channagiri MLA's call for Lingayat legislators to resign over the caste census issue, Siddaramaiah said a special cabinet meeting has been scheduled for April 17 to discuss the socio-economic survey.
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"Not caste census, but socio-economic survey": Karnataka Ministers clarify
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
He said that there was a need to bring the sub-castes of the Lingayat community under one roof for counting or else it would be "unjust".
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"Heights of arrogance of state govt" Karnataka BJP chief slams Siddarmaiah
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Karnataka BJP president Vijayendra Yediyurappa slammed the state government over the police lathi charge during the protest of Lingayat Panchamasali community over their reservation demand, saying that this is the heights of arrogance of CM Siddaramaiah-led government.
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Panchamasali Lingayat community: "Government doesn't want injustice to any
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
"Our government believes in justice for all communities. The reservation issue is in court and the government can't intervene at this juncture. We will hold discussions with Panchamasalis in the days to come," he said on Friday, while speaking to reporters after a meeting with leaders of Pan
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Pralhad Joshi seeks fifth term as MP from Dharwad, faces challenge from yo
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi is seeking his fifth term as an MP in the electoral battle here with the task having become seemingly easier with Lingayat seer Dingaleshwar Swami exiting the electoral race. However, the Congress has put up a candidate taking into account the caste combinations
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