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Hope for Congress in Latur as Deshmukhs launch Matang-Muslim-Lingayat ploy
The brains behind the strategy is Amit Deshmukh, who is serious about taking over as Congress top gun in Marathwada after Ashok Chavan defected to the BJP
Updated on May 06, 2024 09:35 AM IST
Lingayat seers oppose Joshi’s LS candidacy, say final decision soon
During Tuesday’s meeting, Lingayat seer Dingaleshwar emphasised that Lingayats would work against Joshi due to his perceived anti-Lingayat stance.
Updated on Apr 03, 2024 08:01 AM IST
Hirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi
Pralhad Joshi will not be replaced, says Yediyurappa
The members of various Veerashaiva-Lingayat mutts had opposed Joshi’s candidacy from the Dharwad constituency for “undermining Lingayat political leaders”.
Updated on Mar 29, 2024 08:18 AM IST
Hirekop Rajan Samuel, Belagavi
Lingayat seer demands changing Pralhad Joshi as Dharwad's BJP candidate
Lok Sabha elections: Lingayats constitute a majority of voters in the Dharwad segment, while Pralhad Joshi is a Brahmin.
Updated on Mar 28, 2024 10:53 AM IST
Lok Sabha election a tightrope walk for BJP’s new Karnataka president
BY Vijayendra will have to unite a divided party, and bank on both Lingayat and Vokkaliga votes to score high in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections
Updated on Mar 07, 2024 07:41 AM IST
Karnataka caste survey report puts CM Siddaramaiah in a fix. Here's why
Leaders from Congress to dominant Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities questioned the caste survey submitted to the CM on Thursday
Updated on Mar 02, 2024 04:30 AM IST
Naheed Ataulla
Karnataka: Identify as Lingayat, not as Hindu, Veerashaiva Mahasabha asks members
The Veerashaiva Mahasabha has asked its community members not to describe themselves as Hindu in the forthcoming population census or caste census
Updated on Dec 25, 2023 05:48 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bengaluru
Former CM BS Yediyurappa claims Karnataka govt is ‘bankrupt’, ‘as good as dead’
The senior BJP leader claimed that the Congress administration in Karnataka has failed in all sectors and is bankrupt.
Published on Nov 07, 2023 04:00 PM IST
Karnataka BJP infighting escalates after poll defeat
Infighting in the state BJP escalates with senior leaders expressing dissent within the party after the poll debacle
Updated on Jun 28, 2023 08:36 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bengaluru
Claimants for CM, DyCM grow across communities
Amid the race for the chief minister’s post, major community voters in Karnataka demand CM/DyCM posts for the leaders of their choice.
Who will be Karnataka CM? Amid Shivakumar-Siddaramaiah face-off new names emerge
The impasse in the Congress selecting the next chief minister (CM) in Karnataka spawned a litany of demands on Tuesday.
Updated on May 17, 2023 10:18 AM IST
Congress outperforms BJP among Lingayat candidates
Lingayat, Vokkaliga candidates of Congress performed better than BJP, JD(S) in the recent assembly elections.
Karnataka: 4-cornered power play at CLP meet as Lingayat, SC MLAs seek CM post
CLP meeting in Bengaluru on Sunday was anticipated to be centered around claims of former chief minister Siddaramaiah and Congress’s Karnataka unit chief DK Shivakumar over the chief minister’s post
Updated on May 15, 2023 11:50 AM IST
For Karnataka loss, BJP pins blame on anti-incumbency, local factors
Karnataka election: BJP’s decision to change the CM stemmed from the hope that it would buck anti-incumbency, like it had done in Gujarat and Uttarakhand. But in Karnataka, the decision evoked resentment among the powerful Lingayat community
Updated on May 13, 2023 06:17 PM IST
Karnataka Polls: A tale of three parties
As the state goes to polls on May 10, a look back on what mattered for each of the three main parties
It’s Savadi vs Kumathalli again in K'taka's Athani, but with parties flipped
In Athani, BJP's Laxman Savadi and Congress' Mahesh Kumathalli are facing each other again, this time contesting from the parties they opposed in the previous election.
Updated on May 03, 2023 12:43 AM IST
Arun Dev, Athani (belagavi)
Siddaramaiah speaking against Lingayats as he has sensed defeat: BSY
Siddaramaiah has tried to clarify that his remark was aimed at only Bommai and that he respects honest chief ministers from the community. He alleged that the BJP was trying to twist his statements and use it to its advantage
Updated on Apr 25, 2023 12:27 AM IST
Karnataka polls 2023: A Brahmin factor at play
The opposition wants to present the exit of senior leaders from the BJP as a a Lingayat versus Brahmin conflict. So do some BJP leaders
Updated on Apr 24, 2023 01:59 PM IST
Shah slams Cong on 4% quota, says exits will not hurt
Shah said monetary benefits released by the Centre were not duly reaching citizens in some states such as Delhi and West Bengal
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 11:27 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Bengaluru
Karnataka elections: Congress builds strategy on corruption in BJP govt, sops
Incumbent governments have been ousted in every Karnataka assembly election starting the 1989 one, although some have clutched on to power by forging post-results coalitions.
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 12:14 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
SC to hear pleas on scrapping of Muslim quota on April 25
Appearing before a bench led by justice KM Joseph, solicitor general Tushar Mehta requested more time to enable the state finalise its response to the petitions.
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 12:29 AM IST
Shettar’s move may hit BJP’s Lingayat votes, cadre morale: Experts
Since Shettar is a Lingayat leader from Bombay-Karnataka region, where the community has a large presence, the BJP sidelining two Lingayat leaders could affect the BJP’s chances
Who is Jagadish Shettar and why did he quit Karnataka BJP?
Jagadish Shettar will contest from Hubballi – Dharwad central constituency with a Congress ticket.
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 11:44 AM IST
'99% ex-CM Jagadish Shettar will be given election ticket': Yediyurappa assures
Senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday said there is a 99% chance that former CM Jagadish Shettar will be given a ticket in the Karnataka assembly polls.
Published on Apr 12, 2023 05:01 PM IST
'Never expected…': K'taka Cong leader complains after daughter quits, joins BJP
Veteran Congress leader Kagodu Thimmappa's daughter, Dr Rajanandini, joined the BJP ahead of Karnataka assembly polls after being denied ticket by the Congress.
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 04:02 PM IST
Yamini C S | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Karnataka assembly elections: BJP's first list has 8 women, 52 new faces
In this list, tickets have been given to Lingayat-51, Vokkalinga-41, Kuruba-7, SC-30, ST-16 and 32 from the OBC community.
Published on Apr 12, 2023 09:11 AM IST
ANI | | Posted by Yamini C S
Missing veterans in BJP list sparks row in Karnataka
The controversy came hours before the BJP announced 189 candidates for the May 10 assembly elections – its first list – and dropped four sitting lawmakers.
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 05:03 AM IST
Missing veterans in BJP list sparks row
Eshwarappa, (74) who has been besieged by controversies, including accusations of graft most recently, struck a more conciliatory note, announcing that he would not contest the upcoming polls
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 12:43 AM IST
Dalit priest attacked by upper caste members in Tumakuru, say police
According to the officials close to developments, a group of people from Lingayat, an upper caste community, assaulted Lingaraju, a priest at the temple belonging to the Mujarai department in Bidagudi village of the Tipaturu taluk on April 7.
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 12:57 AM IST
Coovercolly Indresh, Mysuru
How the Karnataka elections may play out
The contours of the polls are clear. BJP will want to protect its Lingayat citadel, the Congress capitalise on corruption and the JDS retain its local dominance
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