The battle in the Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency in the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections is set to get more interesting as a 'guru-shishya' fight between two prominent Lingayat leaders has raised election fever in the seat.
Talking to reporters in Bhalki in Bidar district, he said, "BJP Government has rendered justice to all the communities including Lingayat and ensured recognition to all of them. Congress government tried to break the Lingayat religion."
Highly upset by the exit of two top Lingayat leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa called a meeting of several MLAs belonging to the community to deliberate on the action plan as the state Assembly elections are less than a month from now, so
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday exuded confidence that the newly fielded candidate Mahesh Tenjinakai will win the Karnataka Assembly polls with a margin of 50,000 votes.
Six-time MLA and former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday questioned the double standards of the party as on one hand top leadership is giving an opportunity to the younger generation in electoral politics and on the contrary
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], July 17 (ANI): Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Saturday claimed that many leaders belonging to the Lingayat community are willing to join the Congress party.