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On Minority Status For Lingayats, Centre's Reply To Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court was on Monday told by the central government that the Lingayats were treated as Hindus since the first census in 1871 following which it disposed of pleas challenging the recommendations of a panel to grant religious minority status to the sect.
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Lingayat Leaders Insisted On Grant Of Religious Status: Siddaramaiah
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Saturday said he was prodded by Lingayat leaders to recommend reservation for them and that his government's recommedation to the centre to grant religious minority status had led to opposition unleashing false propangda against him.
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Congress Lost Karnataka Poll On Minority Tag To Lingayats: Minister
In an unusual revelation, a senior Karnataka minister has admitted that the religious minority status granted to the powerful Lingayat community by the previous Congress government led to its defeat in the May Assembly election.
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Recommending Religious Status For Lingayats "Blunder": DK Shivakumar
In an embarrassment for the Congress, senior leader and Karnataka water resource minister DK Shivakumar has said that his party committed a "major blunder" by recommending religious minority status for the Lingayat community in the run-up to the May 12 assembly polls.
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We Only Bless Politicians, Don't Influence Voters: Leader Of Lingayat Mutt
Lingayat were proposed to be given minority status as members of a separate religion by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah government.
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From Karnataka To London, Politics Over Lingayat Votes Takes A Giant Leap
With less than a month to go for the assembly elections in Karnataka, politics over the state's Lingayat-Veerashaiva votes has found a new flashpoint - the birth anniversary of Basaveshwara, the 12th Century saint revered by both sects.
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Congress Lingayat Move Political, Not To Benefit Community: Amit Shah
BJP President Amit Shah on Monday maintained that the Siddaramaiah government's move to accord separate religious minority status to Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats was aimed at preventing B S Yeddyurappa from becoming Chief Minister.
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Lingayat Row: Paper Trail Exposes Doublespeak By BJP, Congress
Documents accessed by NDTV suggest that the BJP and the Congress, locked in a political battle over the demand for religion status to Karnataka's Lingayat community, may be guilty of double standards.
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Congress' Plan To Trump BJP With Lingayat Move Runs Into Turbulence
The Siddaramaiah government's move to give religious minority status to the politically powerful Lingayat community in Karnataka has run into trouble. The key socio religious body of the Veerashaiva-Lingayats, the Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha, has objected to the move, hinting that it would lead to divisiveness in society
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Congress Asks Amit Shah, Yeddyurappa To Clear Stand On Lingayat Minority Status
The Congress today asked the BJP to make its stand clear on the Karnataka Cabinet's decision to recommend religious minority status to Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat communities, after the party accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of "playing with fire" for vote bank politics.
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With Lingayat Move, Siddaramaiah Tries To Checkmate BJP In Karnataka
With assembly elections in Karnataka less than two months away, the Congress government in Karnataka decided to recommend to the centre to grant religious minority status to Lingayats, an influential community largely seen as loyal to the opposition BJP.
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On Minority Status For Lingayats, Centre's Reply To Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court was on Monday told by the central government that the Lingayats were treated as Hindus since the first census in 1871 following which it disposed of pleas challenging the recommendations of a panel to grant religious minority status to the sect.
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Lingayat Leaders Insisted On Grant Of Religious Status: Siddaramaiah
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Saturday said he was prodded by Lingayat leaders to recommend reservation for them and that his government's recommedation to the centre to grant religious minority status had led to opposition unleashing false propangda against him.
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Congress Lost Karnataka Poll On Minority Tag To Lingayats: Minister
In an unusual revelation, a senior Karnataka minister has admitted that the religious minority status granted to the powerful Lingayat community by the previous Congress government led to its defeat in the May Assembly election.
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Recommending Religious Status For Lingayats "Blunder": DK Shivakumar
In an embarrassment for the Congress, senior leader and Karnataka water resource minister DK Shivakumar has said that his party committed a "major blunder" by recommending religious minority status for the Lingayat community in the run-up to the May 12 assembly polls.
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We Only Bless Politicians, Don't Influence Voters: Leader Of Lingayat Mutt
Lingayat were proposed to be given minority status as members of a separate religion by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah government.
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From Karnataka To London, Politics Over Lingayat Votes Takes A Giant Leap
With less than a month to go for the assembly elections in Karnataka, politics over the state's Lingayat-Veerashaiva votes has found a new flashpoint - the birth anniversary of Basaveshwara, the 12th Century saint revered by both sects.
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Congress Lingayat Move Political, Not To Benefit Community: Amit Shah
BJP President Amit Shah on Monday maintained that the Siddaramaiah government's move to accord separate religious minority status to Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats was aimed at preventing B S Yeddyurappa from becoming Chief Minister.
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Lingayat Row: Paper Trail Exposes Doublespeak By BJP, Congress
Documents accessed by NDTV suggest that the BJP and the Congress, locked in a political battle over the demand for religion status to Karnataka's Lingayat community, may be guilty of double standards.
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Congress' Plan To Trump BJP With Lingayat Move Runs Into Turbulence
The Siddaramaiah government's move to give religious minority status to the politically powerful Lingayat community in Karnataka has run into trouble. The key socio religious body of the Veerashaiva-Lingayats, the Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha, has objected to the move, hinting that it would lead to divisiveness in society
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Congress Asks Amit Shah, Yeddyurappa To Clear Stand On Lingayat Minority Status
The Congress today asked the BJP to make its stand clear on the Karnataka Cabinet's decision to recommend religious minority status to Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat communities, after the party accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of "playing with fire" for vote bank politics.
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With Lingayat Move, Siddaramaiah Tries To Checkmate BJP In Karnataka
With assembly elections in Karnataka less than two months away, the Congress government in Karnataka decided to recommend to the centre to grant religious minority status to Lingayats, an influential community largely seen as loyal to the opposition BJP.
