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Karnataka groups brace for showdown over caste censusKarnataka's Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities are preparing for a showdown with the Congress government over the controversial caste censu...15 Apr, 2025, 11.22 PM IST- Lingayats, Vokkaligas plan major showdown over caste censusKarnataka's Congress government faces a major challenge as dominant Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities strongly oppose the controversial ca...15 Apr, 2025, 07.53 PM IST
- The play at key Lingayat and Vokkaliga seats in Karnataka's Assembly electionKarnataka's political equations heavily rely on caste, with the Lingayats and Vokkaligas communities wielding significant influence despite...08 May, 2023, 12.56 PM IST
- How the BJP and Congress vie to woo Lingayats and VokkaligasThe BJP has gone so far as to name over 100 candidates from these two communities, with 60 seats allocated to Lingayats and 43 to Vokkaliga...08 May, 2023, 11.21 AM IST
- Why mutts matter so much in Karnataka's electoral politicsIn Karnataka, elections can be won or lost with just a nod or a shake of head from the chief of a mutt. Though many mutts do not take part ...02 May, 2023, 10.17 PM IST
- Congress seeks to turn Lingayat, Vokkaliga against BJP, claiming reversal in quota policyAICC general secretary RS Surjewala and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar attacked the ruling party, at a...27 Apr, 2023, 12.00 PM IST
- Amit Shah defends scrapping 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in KarnatakaThe Minister added that after abolishing Muslim reservation, the BJP government increased the reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Schedul...25 Apr, 2023, 02.35 PM IST
- 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...22 Apr, 2023, 12.29 AM IST
- 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...30 Mar, 2023, 12.11 AM IST
- CM Basavaraj Bommai dares Shivakumar to tell Lingayats, Vokkaligas where Congress stood on quota issueLingayats, Vokkaligas not beggars to accept from Muslim quota, retorts Shivakumar. The KPCC president on Monday reiterated that his party w...27 Mar, 2023, 07.33 PM IST
- Will restore 4 pc quota for Muslims scrapped by BJP government, says Karnataka Congress chiefWhile addressing the media, DK Shivakumar said, "I am confident that Congress will come to power after the next 45 days. We will scrap all ...26 Mar, 2023, 07.23 PM IST
- Karnataka moves Muslims from OBC to EWS quota list, hands 2% hike to Lingayats & Vokkaligas ahead of crucial assembly pollsMuslims earlier came under the 2B classification. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told the media that the Muslims would move into the EWS q...24 Mar, 2023, 09.44 PM IST
- With Yediyurappa's exit imminent, BJP eyes a replacement with wider appeal in caste balanceWhile it is understood that the party has looked at probables from the Lingayat community, it has also made a note of seasoned politicians ...25 Jul, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
- Karnataka budget offers sops to caste groups, promises to set up Vokkaliga development boardThe announcement came four months after the government established the Karnataka Veerashaiva Lingayat Development Corporation for the to he...08 Mar, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
- Reservation demands: Government discussing modalities regarding way forward, says CM YediyurappaThe state government is facing demands for revision of the existing quota from various communities, including the dominant Vokkaliga and Ve...19 Feb, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
- Quota balancing act for BS Yediyurappa as powerful Vokkaliga mutt joins issue“Members of some subsects of the Vokkaliga community are backward but are losing out on reservation benefits under the OBC quota,” said Swa...19 Feb, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
- 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,...16 May, 2018, 07.25 AM IST
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