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Lingayats Of A Maharashtra Town Don't Have Burial Ground. So They Did This
Members of the Lingayat community in Maharashtra's Beed district alleged that they do not have a cremation ground for their dead. To put pressure on the government and press their demands, they brought a body to the municipal council office.
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Congress Leader's "Lingayats Got Raw Deal In Karnataka" Claim Sparks Row
Veteran Congress leader and MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa's statement that the Veerashaiva Lingayat community is getting a raw deal under his party's government in Karnataka seems to have sparked a row.
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"Will Get Elected With Huge Margin": Congress Leader On Karnataka Poll Day
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress candidate from Hubli-Dharwad Central Assembly constituency Jagadish Shettar on Wednesday voted in SBI School in Madhura colony and said he would get elected with a huge margin.
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"Congress Tried To Break Lingayat Religion": Karnataka's Basavaraj Bommai
After the exit of three senior Lingayat leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said that the incumbent BJP Government had rendered justice to all the communities including Lingayats.
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Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi Initiated Into Lingayat Sect in Karnataka
Lingayats are 17 per cent of Karnataka's population and remain a key in elections, due next year
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"Rahul Gandhi Will Become PM," Said Seer At Karnataka Mutt. Then Came A Caveat
Congress leader gets initiated into Lingayat sect; a seer predicts he'll be PM like grandmother and father, but head seer cuts in
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Karnataka Orders Formation Of Veerashaiva-Lingayat Development Corporation
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has ordered the formation of a corporation for all-round development of the politically-influential Veerashaiva Lingayat community in the state.
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Lingayat Letter Controversy: BJP Leaders Stage Protest Against Karnataka Minister In Lingayat Letter Row
BJP leaders staged a protest against Karnataka minister MB Patil over the ongoing controversy surrounding a "forged" letter sent to Sonia Gandhi with suggestions to divide the state's Lingayat community to benefit Congress
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On Minority Status For Lingayats, Centre's Reply To Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court was on Monday told by the central government that the Lingayats were treated as Hindus since the first census in 1871 following which it disposed of pleas challenging the recommendations of a panel to grant religious minority status to the sect.
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We Only Bless Politicians, Don't Influence Voters: Leader Of Lingayat Mutt
Lingayat were proposed to be given minority status as members of a separate religion by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah government.
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Congress Lingayat Move Political, Not To Benefit Community: Amit Shah
BJP President Amit Shah on Monday maintained that the Siddaramaiah government's move to accord separate religious minority status to Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats was aimed at preventing B S Yeddyurappa from becoming Chief Minister.
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Lingayat Row: Paper Trail Exposes Doublespeak By BJP, Congress
Documents accessed by NDTV suggest that the BJP and the Congress, locked in a political battle over the demand for religion status to Karnataka's Lingayat community, may be guilty of double standards.
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Ex-Top Court Judge Santosh Hegde Slams Karnanataka Government On Lingayat Religion Tag
Former Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde today slammed the Siddaramaiah government's decision to recommend to the centre, grant of religious minority tag to Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community, saying government has no business to recognise any community as a religion.
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Congress Asks Amit Shah, Yeddyurappa To Clear Stand On Lingayat Minority Status
The Congress today asked the BJP to make its stand clear on the Karnataka Cabinet's decision to recommend religious minority status to Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat communities, after the party accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of "playing with fire" for vote bank politics.
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Lingayats Of A Maharashtra Town Don't Have Burial Ground. So They Did This
Members of the Lingayat community in Maharashtra's Beed district alleged that they do not have a cremation ground for their dead. To put pressure on the government and press their demands, they brought a body to the municipal council office.
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Congress Leader's "Lingayats Got Raw Deal In Karnataka" Claim Sparks Row
Veteran Congress leader and MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa's statement that the Veerashaiva Lingayat community is getting a raw deal under his party's government in Karnataka seems to have sparked a row.
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"Will Get Elected With Huge Margin": Congress Leader On Karnataka Poll Day
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress candidate from Hubli-Dharwad Central Assembly constituency Jagadish Shettar on Wednesday voted in SBI School in Madhura colony and said he would get elected with a huge margin.
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"Congress Tried To Break Lingayat Religion": Karnataka's Basavaraj Bommai
After the exit of three senior Lingayat leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said that the incumbent BJP Government had rendered justice to all the communities including Lingayats.
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Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi Initiated Into Lingayat Sect in Karnataka
Lingayats are 17 per cent of Karnataka's population and remain a key in elections, due next year
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"Rahul Gandhi Will Become PM," Said Seer At Karnataka Mutt. Then Came A Caveat
Congress leader gets initiated into Lingayat sect; a seer predicts he'll be PM like grandmother and father, but head seer cuts in
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Karnataka Orders Formation Of Veerashaiva-Lingayat Development Corporation
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has ordered the formation of a corporation for all-round development of the politically-influential Veerashaiva Lingayat community in the state.
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Lingayat Letter Controversy: BJP Leaders Stage Protest Against Karnataka Minister In Lingayat Letter Row
BJP leaders staged a protest against Karnataka minister MB Patil over the ongoing controversy surrounding a "forged" letter sent to Sonia Gandhi with suggestions to divide the state's Lingayat community to benefit Congress
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On Minority Status For Lingayats, Centre's Reply To Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court was on Monday told by the central government that the Lingayats were treated as Hindus since the first census in 1871 following which it disposed of pleas challenging the recommendations of a panel to grant religious minority status to the sect.
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We Only Bless Politicians, Don't Influence Voters: Leader Of Lingayat Mutt
Lingayat were proposed to be given minority status as members of a separate religion by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah government.
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Congress Lingayat Move Political, Not To Benefit Community: Amit Shah
BJP President Amit Shah on Monday maintained that the Siddaramaiah government's move to accord separate religious minority status to Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats was aimed at preventing B S Yeddyurappa from becoming Chief Minister.
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Lingayat Row: Paper Trail Exposes Doublespeak By BJP, Congress
Documents accessed by NDTV suggest that the BJP and the Congress, locked in a political battle over the demand for religion status to Karnataka's Lingayat community, may be guilty of double standards.
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Ex-Top Court Judge Santosh Hegde Slams Karnanataka Government On Lingayat Religion Tag
Former Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde today slammed the Siddaramaiah government's decision to recommend to the centre, grant of religious minority tag to Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community, saying government has no business to recognise any community as a religion.
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Congress Asks Amit Shah, Yeddyurappa To Clear Stand On Lingayat Minority Status
The Congress today asked the BJP to make its stand clear on the Karnataka Cabinet's decision to recommend religious minority status to Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat communities, after the party accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of "playing with fire" for vote bank politics.
