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Karnataka MLC elections: Cross-voting puts BJP-JDS ties under strainCross-voting in Karnataka MLC polls has highlighted BJP-JDS friction. Despite BJP's support, JDS faced unexpected losses as its own MLAs de...- '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 ...
- 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...
- Change of trend in Karnataka: Even Lingayat didn't vote for BJPCongress had fielded 46 Lingayat candidates, of whom 37 won. Only 15 Lingayats from BJP secured victory, though it fielded 69 candidates fr...
- 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...
- 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...
- Lingayats hold key to electoral outcome in poll-bound KarnatakaThough Yediyurappa's new outfit KJP managed to get only six seats in that polls, it secured a vote share of about ten per cent, badly denti...
- 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...
- BJP plays caste card, woos LingayatsIn a last-ditch effort to win the bypolls in Karnataka, BJP is playing the cast card. Asking voters from the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community...
- Karnataka election: Congress's Lingayat religious minority card fails, community's vote returns to BJPIf the Congress was banking on the crucial Lingayat vote in the 2018 assembly election following its decision to grant religious minority s...
- Old rivals, Young Turks face off on Lingayat turfWhile Congress sees the move as empowering Lingayats, BJP has dubbed it divisive as it tries to distinguish between Lingayats and Veerashai...
- How different regions of Karnataka voted in 2013, and the crucial Lingayat voteKarnataka is one of the most diverse states where seven languages are spoken: apart from Kannada, there is Telugu, Tamil, Tulu, Marathi, Ko...
- 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...
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