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'Whoever I side with secures power': Ramdas Athawale claims Modi will win 2029 pollsUnion Minister Ramdas Athawale predicts Prime Minister Narendra Modi will win the 2029 and 2034 elections. He stated that his party's suppo...- Govt’s Rs 600 Cr scheme to develop minority colonies seen Siddaramaiah’s bid to win over MuslimsKarnataka's cabinet approved Rs 600 crore for minority housing upgrades over two years, seen as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's move to regai...
- Karnataka: May 9 Yediyurappa event may turn out to be Vijayendra’s show of strengthUnion Home Minister Amit Shah will attend a major event in Karnataka celebrating BS Yediyurappa's 50 years in public life. The gathering ai...
- Cracks within Congress, BJP Lingayat leadersAs Karnataka prepares for a caste survey, a divide has emerged within the Lingayat community regarding their religious identity. While the ...
- Karnataka: BSY critics rally behind Somanna as Lingayat leader braces for show of his clout with LingayatsSenior BJP Lingayat leader V Somanna, who lost recent assembly polls against CM Siddaramaiah, is rallying against the anti-Yediyurappa camp...
- Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah rejects party colleague's charge that Congress sidelined LingayatsSiddaramaiah did not agree with the perception of his party colleague, insisting that his government had treated everyone equally. “Ours is...
- Why traditional BJP supporters Lingayats voted for CongressCongress won 37 seats out of 46 Lingayat candidates fielded in Karnataka, in comparison to 13 in 2018 polls. This is its second highest tal...
- Karnataka Drama of Defection: How switchovers can hurt BJP's chancesDefection is an integral part of Karnataka politics. Which is not surprising for a state where the last time a non- Congress government was...
- Assembly polls: Caste, corruption, region, religion, rebellion make mark in Karnataka battlefieldThe caste politics in Karnataka is like in the heartland states and every party tries to get the caste mathematics right. Lingayats and Vok...
- Karnataka election: BJP plans steps to counter Congress's Lingayat campaignBJP leaders discussed ways to counter Congress charges and remove doubts from the minds of voters with polls less than three weeks away.
- BJP Lingayat leaders discuss about next CM from the communityThe meeting, held on Wednesday late evening at Yediyurappa’s residence in Bengaluru in the presence of chief minister Basavaraj Bommai and ...
- BJP's leaders raise "Lingayat CM" pitch to counter Congress narrativeThe politically influential Lingayat community forms about 17 per cent of the State's population, mostly in northern parts of the State whi...
- JP Nadda visits Lingayat leader Shettar's hometown on a damage-control missionNadda's visit was being seen as an extension of BJP's efforts to neutralise any negative impact on the party's prospects from the former ch...
- Congress counts political dividends after 2 key Lingayat leaders join it, BJP seeks to counter narrativeChief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, a Lingayat himself on Tuesday in Bagalkote said, one or two Lingayat leaders from BJP defecting to other p...
- Congress, BJP seek to corner each other over Lingayat 'pride'Admitting Shettar, a six-time BJP MLA from Hubli-Dharwad Central, into Congress on Monday, KPCC president DK Shivakumar claimed Lingayat le...
- Karnataka Polls: Congress seeks to corner BJP over Lingayat self-respect, BJP hits backThe Opposition Congress hit out at the BJP after formally admitting Jagadish Shettar into the party. The six-time BJP MLA from Hubli-Dharwa...
- Karnataka Polls: BJP banks on recast Quota Policy to combat Congress's Ahinda cardThe Basavaraj Bommai government's decision to increase the reservation quota for STs from 3% to 7% and for SC's from 15% to 17%, as well as...
- Congress reaches out to Lingayats as BJP deals with BSY 'retirement'Congress lost its influence over the community after then party CM Veerendra Patil was humiliated and sacked by party chief Rajiv Gandhi mo...
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi subtly plays Lingayat card as BJP seeks to arrest their drift to Congress in KarnatakaThe warm relationship between the two leaders is not new. When Yediyurappa formed the first full-fledged BJP government in Karnataka in 200...
- Who are the Lingayats and why they want a minority statusThe Congress move aims to divide the votes BJP would rely on to win. Many, however, think the community might still vote for the BJP despit...
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