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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...
Vokkaliga mutt head, booked for comments against Muslims, emerges rallying point for BJPSwami Chandrashekara Natha faced an FIR for anti-Muslim remarks during a protest against the Waqf Board. He later expressed regret over his...
OBC, Dalit mutt heads rally behind Siddaramaiah in political messaging to BJP & possibly to CongressA group of OBC and Dalit religious mutt heads supported CM Siddaramaiah amid political and legal scrutiny over the allocation of plots to h...
Vokkaliga seer asks Siddaramaiah to pave way for Shivakumar to succeed as CMSwami Chandrashekara of Vishwa Vokkaligara Mahasamsthana said so in an event where both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar were present. Shivakuma...
Amit Shah's Suttur Mutt visit may help BJP win over LingayatsUnion Home Minister Amit Shah lauded the Suttur Mutt, a significant religious institution of Veerashaiva-Lingayats in Mysuru, for its socie...
Religious mutt head disapproves Stalin Jr’s comments, says those in power must talk with restraintThe head of the Adichunchanagiri Mutt in Karnataka, Swami Nirmalananda Natha, disapproved Tamil Nadu minister Udhyanidhi Stalin's comments ...
Karnataka: Mutt heads, community outfits lobby hard for positions in new governmentSeveral supporters of both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar have been in touch with their leaders, hoping to find a place in the new cabinet. Th...
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 ...
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...
All mutts supporting BJP after quota rejig; will win over 130 seats: Arun SinghA day after BJP announced its first list of candidates, the party's Karnataka in-charge claimed that BJP has "tied senior Congress leaders ...
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...
In poll-bound Karnataka, Vokkaliga leaders set Jan 23 deadline for Bommai govt to hike quota for communityVokkaligas are estimated to be the second largest community in the state, after Lingayats, and the leaders claim they make up about a fifth...
PM Modi to unveil 108-ft Kempe Gowda statue in Bengaluru on November 11 as BJP eyes community votesThe BJP regime has named the statue as the one of prosperity. The government has installed the statue in the sprawling premises of Kempegow...
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...
When khadi confronts saffron: As swamis veer towards worldly politics, Yediyurappa sends a firm messageIn fact, the CM was so annoyed at a Veerashaiva-Lingayat event in Harihar on Tuesday that he threatened to walk out when Vachanananda Swami...
Vokkaliga Mutts warn against move to unsettle JDS-Congress governmentTumkur district-based Spatikapuri mutt head Nanjavadhutha Swami said Vokkaligas would not forgive attempts to dislodge Kumaraswamy. He also...
In Nagamangala, JD(S) has a score to settleThere is more to the battle in Nagamangala assembly constituency of Mandya district than meets the eye.