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Prominent Lingayat Seer To Contest Against Union Minister Pralhad Joshi
Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Fakkireshwar Math, a prominent Veerashaiva Lingayat seer, on Monday said he has decided to contest as an independent candidate from Dharwad segment in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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Lingayats In Karnataka Call 'Caste Census' Unscientific, Demand Fresh Survey
The decision was taken at a meeting of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, which is the apex body of Veerashaiva Lingayats.
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Congress Leader's "Lingayats Got Raw Deal In Karnataka" Claim Sparks Row
Veteran Congress leader and MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa's statement that the Veerashaiva Lingayat community is getting a raw deal under his party's government in Karnataka seems to have sparked a row.
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Karnataka Orders Formation Of Veerashaiva-Lingayat Development Corporation
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has ordered the formation of a corporation for all-round development of the politically-influential Veerashaiva Lingayat community in the state.
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Unsure Of Implications, Parties In Poll-Bound Karnataka Tread Cautiously On Lingayat Issue
The state government's decision was based on the report of an expert committee that had recommended considering grant of recognition as religious minority to the Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats (Believers of Basava Tatva (philosophy).
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"Won't Allow Divide": Amit Shah's Telling Comment On Lingayat Proposal
A politically loaded proposal by Karnataka's Congress government to grant separate religion status to Lingayats may not be approved by the centre, BJP chief Amit Shah indicated as he addressed a gathering of Veerashaiva seers yesterday. "We will not allow the division of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat communities," Amit Shah said in Bagalkote, where he w...
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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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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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Ex-Top Court Judge Santosh Hegde Slams Karnanataka Government On Lingayat Religion Tag
Former Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde today slammed the Siddaramaiah government's decision to recommend to the centre, grant of religious minority tag to Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community, saying government has no business to recognise any community as a religion.
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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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Karnataka Cabinet's Decision On Lingayats Divisive: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP has called the Karnataka's Congress government decision on Monday to recognise the Hindu sects of Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats as separate religion an attempt to "divide the Hindu society".
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Prominent Lingayat Seer To Contest Against Union Minister Pralhad Joshi
Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Fakkireshwar Math, a prominent Veerashaiva Lingayat seer, on Monday said he has decided to contest as an independent candidate from Dharwad segment in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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Lingayats In Karnataka Call 'Caste Census' Unscientific, Demand Fresh Survey
The decision was taken at a meeting of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, which is the apex body of Veerashaiva Lingayats.
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Congress Leader's "Lingayats Got Raw Deal In Karnataka" Claim Sparks Row
Veteran Congress leader and MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa's statement that the Veerashaiva Lingayat community is getting a raw deal under his party's government in Karnataka seems to have sparked a row.
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Karnataka Orders Formation Of Veerashaiva-Lingayat Development Corporation
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has ordered the formation of a corporation for all-round development of the politically-influential Veerashaiva Lingayat community in the state.
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Unsure Of Implications, Parties In Poll-Bound Karnataka Tread Cautiously On Lingayat Issue
The state government's decision was based on the report of an expert committee that had recommended considering grant of recognition as religious minority to the Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats (Believers of Basava Tatva (philosophy).
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"Won't Allow Divide": Amit Shah's Telling Comment On Lingayat Proposal
A politically loaded proposal by Karnataka's Congress government to grant separate religion status to Lingayats may not be approved by the centre, BJP chief Amit Shah indicated as he addressed a gathering of Veerashaiva seers yesterday. "We will not allow the division of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat communities," Amit Shah said in Bagalkote, where he w...
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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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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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Ex-Top Court Judge Santosh Hegde Slams Karnanataka Government On Lingayat Religion Tag
Former Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde today slammed the Siddaramaiah government's decision to recommend to the centre, grant of religious minority tag to Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community, saying government has no business to recognise any community as a religion.
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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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Karnataka Cabinet's Decision On Lingayats Divisive: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP has called the Karnataka's Congress government decision on Monday to recognise the Hindu sects of Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats as separate religion an attempt to "divide the Hindu society".
