Many BJP members feel changes to quota policy led to their defeatThe candidates freely aired their opinion at the introspection meeting organised by the BJP in Bengaluru with BJP national general secretar...
08 Jun, 2023, 11.32 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 promises 75% quota if voted to power in KarnatakaKarnataka has a 2002 reservation policy according to which OBC and SC/ST communities have quotas in government/PSU jobs and in education. T...
27 Apr, 2023, 07.41 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
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
Supreme Court defers hearing on pleas challenging scrapping of four per cent Muslim quota in KarnatakaThe Karnataka government has been given until April 25 to respond to a batch of legal challenges over its scrapping of the four per cent Mu...
18 Apr, 2023, 05.10 PM IST
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...
31 Mar, 2023, 12.53 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
Karnataka's next CM: Congress leaders get into action to douse statement warThe apparent trigger for the recent war of words is the August 3 birthday bash of Siddaramaiah which is being organised by his staunch loya...
24 Jul, 2022, 06.20 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
In BSY's Lingayat-heavy cabinet, caste-region balance goes for a tossBengaluru has nine ministers, Belagavi has five. Mumbai-Karnataka region with eight districts is represented in the cabinet by a dozen memb...
14 Jan, 2021, 12.15 AM IST
BSY may buy more time to rework his cabinet mathTotal recast likely as simple expansion will upset caste, regional representation. The chief minister has vowed to induct into the ministry...
19 Dec, 2019, 11.13 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
- President’s rule imposed in Karnataka
The 10-DAY political uncertainty that had developed in Karnataka following chief minister H D Kumaraswamy’s refusal to hand over the reins ...
10 Oct, 2007, 02.27 AM IST
- Parties shift to election mode in Karnataka
JD(S) may invite Lingayats’ ire, sets sights on Muslim votes.
10 Oct, 2007, 02.03 AM IST