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Yediyurappa holds key to BJP's fortunes in upcoming Assembly polls, say pa
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"Lingayat votes hold the key for our party and without a doubt, BSY is one of our most popular Lingayat faces and we are banking on him to take the saffron surge forward," a top BJP leader told ANI.
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Panchamasali Lingayat padayatra: Backward Classes Commission submits repor
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Panchamasali Lingayat community is holding a padyatra, demanding more reservations to meet the educational and professional needs of its people, and reached Belagavi in Karnataka today. They are demanding to be included in the 15 per cent OBC category of 2A.
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Karnataka: Panchamasali Lingayat hold padayatra in Belagavi for reservatio
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The padayatra of the Panchamasali Lingayats community demanding their inclusion in the 2A reservation category is currently underway in Karnataka's Belagavi.
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K'taka: No one is guilty until convicted, says Siddaramaiah about rape acc
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The former chief minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah defended rape-accused Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha. He said that many MLAs and MPs are murder accused but no one is guilty until convicted.
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Chargesheet filed against rape-accused Karnataka seer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Chitradurga SP K Parashuram said along with the seer, the police have also slapped charges against the hostel warden Rashmi and another accused in the case, Paramashivaiah.
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Karnataka: JDS leader Veerendra Papi visits rape-accused Murugha Mutt seer
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Chitradurga (Karnataka) [India], August 31 (ANI): Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) leader Veerendra Papi on Wednesday visited Lingayat seer Murugha Swami, who is accused of sexually harassing two minor girls at his mutt.
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Will write to PM Modi in Murugha Mutt seer case: BJP's M Vishwanath
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], August 31 (ANI): Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader H Vishwanath has hit out against the Karnataka government over its handling of the POCSO case against the rape-accused Lingayat seer and said that he will write to PM Modi regarding the matter.
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CM Bommai refuses to comment on Siddaramaiah's repentance on Lingayat reli
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 21 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai on Sunday claimed he was unaware of the repentance of the Leader of Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah on the Lingayat religion issue, as per a press statement by CMO.
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Eyeing Karnataka poll prospects, Rahul Gandhi initiated into the Lingayat
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Chitradurga (Karnataka) [India], August 3 (ANI): In a move with significant political implications in Karnataka, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday got initiated into the Lingayat sect by the seer of Muruga Mutt at Chitradurga.
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Lingayat Basavaraj Bommai appointed Karnataka's 23rd Chief Minister
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 28 (ANI): Son of former Chief Minister of Karnataka SR Bommai, a mechanical engineering graduate and former Janata Dal (United) leader Basavaraj Somappa Bommai has been appointed the Karnataka's 23rd Chief Minister by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) high
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Yediyurappa will continue to guide Karnataka, BJP, says CT Ravi on specula
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 26 (ANI): Keeping tight-lipped on the speculations of leadership change in Karnataka, BJP General Secretary CT Ravi on Monday said only the time shall tell what is going to happen in the state, adding that Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa is a senio
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Replacing Lingayat strongman Yediyurappa with someone from another communi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 26 (ANI): Amid speculations of leadership change in Karnataka, replacing four-time chief minister BS Yediyurappa, a Lingayat strongman, from somebody from another community would not be favourable for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said sources on Sunday
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