Bengaluru: Three days after the Government said that it would constitute Maratha Development Authority, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, this morning, announced the formation of Karnataka Veerashaiva-Lingayat Development Corporation with immediate effect. The Chief Minister has issued an order dated Nov. 17, 2020 in this regard.
Mysuru: “It is okay if they are not willing to have a discussion about Lingayat-Veerashaiva dispute with me, but still I am ready to have one at any time, any place,” said Pejawar Seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji. He was addressing a press meet at Sri Krishnadhama here this morning and was responding to former…
Bengaluru: In a significant move that is set to heat up the political scene ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections, the Congress-led Siddharamaiah Government yesterday decided to give independent religious status to the Lingayat community, which forms 17% of the State’s population, and decided to ask the Centre to grant it minority status. The two…
Mysuru: Upset at the dwindling number of Veerashaiva-Lingayats getting elected to the Karnataka Assembly in recent times, particularly from the districts of Mysuru Revenue division, the community leaders held a meeting recently and unanimously decided to demand tickets for community members where they are more in number. The meeting took place at Jaganmohan Palace under…
Mysuru: Expressing concern that internal wrangles have become the cause for political downside of Veerashaiva-Lingayats, former High Court Judge Arali Nagaraj has opined that Governments over the years have continued to ignore the community. He was speaking on ‘Political Unity in the community and saving the youth community,’ organised jointly by Veerashaiva-Lingayat Hitarakshana Vedike, Veerashaiva…
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