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Karnataka: Lingayats seek inclusion in central OBC quota, ask CM Siddaramaiah to junk caste census reportThe State Permanent Backward Classes Commission has prepared the caste census or socio-economic survey report and is waiting for a signal f...- Siddaramaiah faces tough test in Varuna, Ahinda vote holds key to his victoryFormer Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is confronting a difficult challenge from BJP's Lingayat heavyweight, V Somanna, in Varuna assembly cons...
- 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...
- Moves on Lingayats and Vokkaligas cost Siddaramaiah dearThe damage was so intense that Siddaramaiah, who confidently expected Vokkaligas to vote for him in his old constituency of Chamundeshwari,...
- Politicians play the caste formula in KarnatakaThe Vokkaligas and Lingayats are expected to vote according to their traditional preferences, for the JDS and BJP.
- Lingayat churning will have big impact in future tooThe Lingayats were instrumental in bringing the BJP to power in 2008 and a large chunk of them continue to be BJP supporters.
- Karnataka Election: Lingayat tag not a poll issue in TumakuruWhile most Lingayats and Veerashaiva-Lingayats in Tumakuru remain tight-lipped about the minority status, they admitted that the issue had ...
- Amit Shah to reach out to Lingayats on Basava JayanthiThe Lingayats, who consider Basaveshwara the founder of a separate religion, have been supporters of the BJP from the late 1990s.
- Karnataka polls: Siddaramaiah in delhi for list of candidatesWith BJP announcing the first batch of 72 candidates, the Congress central election committee is set to begin the process of naming Congres...
- Amit Shah’s no to Lingayat minority tag, SC verdict on Dalits may influence Karnataka pollsThe development may lead to the two communities largely supporting Congress in the polls, but observers said the issues could go either way...
- Narendra Modi is targeting the weak and the poor across India: Rahul GandhiHe began his speech in a combative manner -- much like the way Shah and Modi do -- by asking the crowd: “Will the BJP lose? Tell me loudly....
- Amit Shah seeks to drum up support for BJP in Old MysuruThe region, which has 66 of the state’s 224 assembly constituencies, has next to no BJP presence. Currently, the party has five MLAs in the...
- Farmer suicides have increased under Congress: Amit ShahAmit Shah is on a two-day Karnataka tour in which he is expected to visists mutts associated with the Lingayat and Dalit communities.
- On two-day visit to Karnataka, Amit Shah to reach out to top Lingayat muttsShah’s visit to central Karnataka is on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a rally in Davanagere on February 28.
- Delhi may not clear separate religion status for LingayatsThe stand taken by the NDA ally and Dalit leader is an indication of how the government will take the battle ahead with the Congress, which...
- Mallikarjun Kharge may get bigger role in upcoming Karnataka assembly pollsCongress leader Mallikarjun Kharge is assumed to get an even bigger role in the party candidate selection process in the forthcoming 2018 K...
- Karnataka: Bypolls turn big as Congress, BJP see it as popularity test for 2018BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa camped for 27 days at the two constituencies — Nanjangud and Gundlupet — making an all-out effort to wr...
- BJP, Congress in grim battle for Karnataka bypollsPeople in Nanjangud and Gundlupet are bemused by the high-voltage campaign for the assembly by-polls on Sunday.
- Dalits, Lingayats will unite to make me Karnataka CM: BS YeddyurappaFor the first time in 40 years of my political career, backward and forward communities have joined hands, claims Yeddyurappa
- Karnataka parties squabbling over Dalit vote bankScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes form close to 25% of Karnataka's population, and could potentially tilt the scale in constituencies w...
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