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Karnataka Congress strategically deploys Laxman Savadi to secure Lingayat votes

Laxman Savadi, a former BJP deputy chief minister, has joined Congress and is working to gain the support of the Lingayat community in north Karnataka. His defection, along with Jagadish Shettar, has..
IndiaTimes - Published

Maratha quota row: Supriya Sule says issuance of ordinance was delayed too much

NCP leader says quota activists had to travel all the way to Mumbai to spur government into action, raises pending quota demands from Dhangar, Lingayat and Muslim communities
Mid-Day - Published

Why Jagdish Shettar's return matters to BJP in Karnataka

Former Karnataka CM Jagdish Shettar rejoins BJP after leaving Congress; Lingayat leader; defeated in Hubli-Dharwad (Central) seat by Mahesh Tenginakai.
IndiaTimes - Published

Cabinet declares social reformer Basavanna as Karnataka cultural icon

The state cabinet of Karnataka has declared 12th-century social reformer Basavanna as the cultural leader of the state and named Freedom Park in Shivamogga city after mystic-saint Vachana poet, Allama..
IndiaTimes - Published

Karnataka: Communal issues take a backseat, for now

The Congress government faces a challenge from the BJP during the winter session in Belagavi due to housing minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan's alleged inflammatory comments about the speaker's post. The..
IndiaTimes - Published

Karnataka: Vijayendra’s appointment may not pose a Lingayat challenge for Cong

The appointment of BY Vijayendra as the state BJP chief in Karnataka has led to divided opinions among political analysts and party functionaries. Some believe that the move is an attempt by the BJP to..
IndiaTimes - Published

Eye on Lingayats, BJP names BSY's son Karnataka party chief

B.S. Yediyurappa's son, B.Y. Vijayendra, has been appointed as the Karnataka BJP president in an attempt to consolidate support among the Lingayat community and form an alliance with the JD(S)...
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Karnataka politics: Caste report may be new battle in Siddaramaiah vs DK Shivakumar tussle

Cracks are appearing within the Congress party in Karnataka over accepting the Kantharaj Commission's report on the socio-economic survey. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah supports accepting the report, but..
IndiaTimes - Published

Lingayats distraught under Siddaramaiah: Karnataka Congress MLA

Senior MLA and president of All India Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, has expressed his support for a Lingayat chief minister in Karnataka. He claims that the Lingayat..
IndiaTimes - Published

BJP-JD(S) alliance: A marriage of convenience or emerging double engine?

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) have formed an alliance in Karnataka ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Despite ideological differences, the two parties have..
IndiaTimes - Published

Karnataka Congress now divided over caste census

The caste census report is causing tension within the Congress party in Karnataka. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has indicated that the government will accept and release the report, but members of the..
IndiaTimes - Published

Three more deputy CMs in Karnataka? Minister's suggestion creates buzz

Cooperation Minister KN Rajanna has suggested appointing three more deputy chief ministers in Karnataka, representing the Veerashaiva-Lingayat, SC/ST, and minority communities. Rajanna believes that..
IndiaTimes - Published

‘Don’t Lose Patience…’: Shivakumar’s Big Message To MLAs Denied Cabinet Berth

Meanwhile, prominent Lingayat pontiff Guru Siddarajayogeendra swamiji has urged the Congress government to allot cabinet post to Laxman Savadi in the coming days, who joined Congress after quitting BJP..
Zee News - Published

Karnataka Cabinet expansion: Which MLAs are likely to become ministers? What we know so far

The politically vital Lingayat community may be compensated with a majority of Cabinet berths going to its MLAs after not getting the Karnataka CM post.
DNA - Published

New twist in Karnataka CM race: As Siddaramaiah-DK Shivakumar tussle intensifies, new name crops up for CM post

The All India Veershaiva Mahasabha has written a letter to Congress president Kharge, highlighting the fact that 34 of the newly elected Congress MLAs are from Lingayat community.
DNA - Published

Karnataka elections: For BJP, even Lingayat vote not caste in stone


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Lingayat Effect: BJP Trailing In North Karnataka

Hubbali-Central Dharwad is a strong BJP, RSS fiefdom and it is difficult to unsettle the party in this area.
Zee News - Published

Lingayat Forum a fictional organisation: K'taka CM Bommai


newKerala.com - Published

Karnataka Election: In Shiggaon, CM BS Bommai Faces Fierce Triangular Fight

The Congress, according to the local people, should have given the seat to a Panchamasali Lingayat and this would have given sleepless nights to Bommai. 
Zee News - Published

K'taka Veerashaiva Lingayat forum extends support to Cong, setback for BJP


newKerala.com - Published

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Big blow to BJP as Veerashaiva Lingayat forum extends support to Congress

Veerashaiva Lingayat forum in an open letter confirmed its support to congress from the May 10th Karnataka assembly election.
DNA - Published

Sr Cong leaders meet Lingayat Mutt heads, BJP faces tough situation in North K'taka


newKerala.com - Published

Analysis: Who Will Be Karnataka CM If BJP Wins? Jockeying Begins

BJP insiders said there was always an attempt within the party to extend its base across Karnataka. The decision makers have been trying to limit the dependency of the party on the Lingayat vote bank..
Zee News - Published

Karnataka Election Special: Will Rahul Gandhi`s Unprecedented Lingayat Outreach Work For Congress?

Speaking to IANS, B. Samilulla, a senior journalist and political analyst, explained that it is all about getting a 5 per cent vote swing for the Congress in Karnataka. "In the last Assembly elections,..
Zee News - Published

Analysis: Congress President Kharge`s Personal `KRA` - Victory At Home Turf Kalaburagi

At a time, when the BJP is in an experimentation mode in Karnataka and is facing allegations of humiliating the Lingayat leadership, Kharge is strategising to deliver a body blow to the saffron party..
Zee News - Published

BJP`s `Operation Lotus` Won`t Be Successful In Karnataka, Says Congress Leader MB Patil

Congress leader MB Patil said he has neither been sidelined nor losing his importance in the party after Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi, the tall Lingayat leaders from BJP, joined the Congress.
Zee News - Published

Karnataka Assembly Polls: Defamation Case Filed Against Siddaramaiah For `Corrupt Lingayat CMs` Remark

The defamation suit against Siddaramaiah has been filed by activist Shankar Sait at the Magistrate court in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
Zee News - Published

Karnataka polls: Yediyurappa is BJP's only hope of keeping the Lingayat vote


IndiaTimes - Published

`It Was On Bommai: Shettar Defends Siddaramaiah`s `Corrupt Lingayat CM` Remark

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi demanded an apology from Siddaramaiah over his remark where he mentioned that `Lingayat CM had done corruption`.
Zee News - Published

Congress Siddaramaiah’s ‘corrupt Lingayat CM’ remark sparks row


IndiaTimes - Published

No loss of Lingayat support due to senior netas’ exits, says BJP president JP Nadda

BJP president JP Nadda is confident that his party will retain office in Karnataka and break the trend of no party winning two consecutive terms since 1985. In conversation with TOI, Nadda takes up..
IndiaTimes - Published

In Lingayat Outreach, Rahul Gandhi Invokes Basavanna To Slam PM Modi, BJP In Karnataka

"When I questioned about the Prime Minister`s relationship with Adani, they erased my speech from the Lok Sabha records, but the Lok Sabha is not the only place where I can speak the truth. I can speak..
Zee News - Published

Lingayats Politics: BJP, Congress Trying Tooth And Nails To Woo Community

However, when he came back to the BJP`s fold, the Lingayat community again voted for the BJP and it came to power in the subsequent polls. State`s political history shows that the Lingayat community is..
Zee News - Published

Union home minister Amit Shah vetoes BJP proposal to prop up Lingayat as CM face

Amit Shah repeated publicly in Bengaluru Saturday what he apparently told the state BJP thinktank the previous day — that some prominent Lingayat faces like former CM Jagadish Shettar and Laxman..
IndiaTimes - Published

To counter Congress in Karnataka assembly election, BJP plans big Lingayat CM campaign

Jagadish Shettar, Laxman Savadi and Ayanur Manjunath and other Lingayat functionaries left and joined Congress and JD(S).
IndiaTimes - Published

BJP woos Lingayats with Congress 'neglect' pitch

BJP's Lingayat candidates include chief minister Basavraj Bommai and BY Vijayendra, younger son of former CM BS Yeddyurappa, seen as the community's tallest leader.
IndiaTimes - Published

Ayanur Manjunath is 10th legislator to quit BJP, to contest on JD(S) ticket

BJP MLC Ayanur Manjunath, a prominent Lingayat face, on Wednesday became the 10th legislator to quit the party, and he will contest from Shivamogga City on a JD(S) ticket against BJP's Channabasappa in..
IndiaTimes - Published

After Jagadish Shettar`s Exit, BJP Predicts Victory From Hubli-Dharwad Central Seat

He noted that BJP candidate Mahesh Tenginkai, a party general secretary in the state, who is contesting against the six-time MLA is also a Lingayat like Shettar and belongs to the same subcaste as the..
Zee News - Published

Jagadish Shettar`s Exit: BJP In Damage-Control Mode, JP Nadda To Rush To Karnataka

Nadda will also participate in an interaction programme with party workers and visit influential Moorusaavira Mutt and Siddarudha Mutt, both Lingayat mutts, on April 19. 
Zee News - Published

For Lingayat Votes, BJP In No Mood To Offend Yediyurappa

He installed the CM of his choice, D.V. Sadananda Gowda. Later, in July 2012, he got Sadananada Gowda removed from the office and anointed Jagadish Shettar to the CM`s post, much to the chagrin of the..
Zee News - Published

Karnataka Election: Varuna No More A Cakewalk For Siddaramaiah. Reason - V Somanna, BJP Heavyweight

Siddaramaiah is going to face a herculean task in the constituency as Lingayats constitute the largest voters group. The Lingayat community has been waiting for leadership for decades in the region...
Zee News - Published

'Shaky & flawed': SC on Karnataka govt decision of scrapping 4% OBC quota for Muslims

The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed Karnataka government's decision to scrap 4 per cent Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslim quota saying that the move is prima facie based on "absolutely fallacious..
IndiaTimes - Published

Ex-Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar, a Lingayat, likely to get ticket

After being denied the ticket, former chief minister Jagadish Shettar has rushed to Delhi. He hopes that the party will review its decision and field him for the seventh consecutive term.
IndiaTimes - Published

BJP using Yediyurappa as 'disposable tissue paper': Congress

Citing a report which claimed that Amit Shah and JP Nadda held a closed door meeting in Delhi on Monday with state leaders keeping out Yediyurappa, the party termed it a 'grave insult' to the senior..
IndiaTimes - Published

Karnataka Election 2023: BJP Moves To Appease Lingayat, Vokkaliga Community With Reservation Hike

With eyes on the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023, Basavaraj Bommai-led govt has has decided to increase the existing quota for Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities by 2%.
Zee News - Published

BSY quit due to ill health, wasn’t forced to resign as CM BS Yediyurappa: Rajnath Singh

Barely three days after PM Narendra Modi lauded BJP veteran and exKarnataka CM BS Yediyurappa, defence minister Rajnath Singh urged voters to fulfil the Lingayat’s strongman’s “dream” of the..
IndiaTimes - Published

Lingayat community objects to comments on Cong MLA by K'taka Speaker, seeks resignation


newKerala.com - Published

Ahead of Karnataka assembly polls, Panchamasali unrest could pose serious challenge for BJP

While BJP is determined to win the forthcoming assembly polls and return to government — evident from the number of visits Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid to Karnataka over the past couple of..
IndiaTimes - Published

Lingayat vote bank appears shaky for ruling BJP in north Karnataka


newKerala.com - Published

Panchamasali Lingayat seer rejects Karnataka govt's quota assurance, gives new deadline


IndiaTimes - Published


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