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Minority status given to Lingayat to 'polarise votes': Amit Shah
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], Mar. 31 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah on Saturday called the decision of the Karnataka government to give minority status to Lingayat community as a strategy to 'polarise votes'.
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K'taka govt. seeks recognition of Lingayats, Veerashaivas as religious min
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar. 29 (ANI): Following the declaration of minority status to the Lingayat and Veerashaiva communities, the State government wrote to the Centre recommending the official recognition of the two communities as religious minorities.
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Chitradurga Mutt's head seer urges Amit Shah to support minority status fo
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Tumkur (Karnataka) [India], Mar. 28 (ANI): Seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of Chitradurga Mutt on Wednesday wrote a letter to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah, requesting him to support the Karnataka government's decision of granting minority status to Lingayats community.
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Siddaramaiah's 'Rs 40-lakh' watch an evidence of corruption: Amit Shah
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Shimoga (Karnataka) [India], Mar. 26 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, on Monday, aimed a jibe at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, equating his "expensive" watch with corruption in the state.
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Religious minority status to Lingayats granted in view of K'taka polls: Ve
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar. 23 (ANI): Shamanuru Shivashankarappa, president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, claimed that the Karnataka Government's move to grant a separate religion status to the Lingayat community was clearly made keeping forthcoming assembly elections in mi
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K'taka Govt declares religious minority status to Lingayats
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Begaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar 23 (ANI): The Karnataka Government on Friday declared minority status to the Lingayats community.
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Lingayat members to hold 'Mahamorcha'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Lingayat [Mumbai] [India], Mar 23 (ANI): The Lingayat community members on Friday said its members from the Marathwada region will carry out a 'Mahamorcha' for their long pending demand of constitutional recognition to Lingayat religion in Maharashtra and minority status on the National l
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Will take decision on Lingayats after receiving proposal: MHA Sources
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said that decision on the issue of granting separate religion status to the Lingayats community will only be taken once the proposal is presented before them.
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Lingayats issue: Shamanur Shivashankarappa opposes K'taka Govt. decision
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Congress leader and Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha president Shamanur Shivashankarappa on Tuesday refused to accept the decision of the Karnataka Government on giving separate religion status to the Lingayats community.
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Clash between Lingayat, Veerashaiva followers in K'taka
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Hours after Karnataka government gave approved separate religion status for the Lingayat community, a clash broke out between Lingayat followers and Veerashaiva followers in Kalaburagi on Monday.
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Granting separate religion status to Lingayats 'politically decision': Vee
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Mar 19 (ANI): The Veerashaiva Lingayat Samanvaya Samiti on Monday opposed Karnataka government's decision of granting a separate religion status for the Lingayats community and termed it a politically motivated decision.
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K'taka Govt. approves separate religion status for Lingayats
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Mar 19(ANI): The Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka Government on Monday accepted the suggestions of Nagamohan Das committee to form a separate religion status of the Lingayats community.
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