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It is in this sense that this election could well become a Siddaramaiah vs. Modi election.

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Siddaramaiah or BS Yeddyurappa for CM? It's a close race

The JD(S) Chief Ministerial aspirant H D Kumaraswamy's name was the preferred Chief Minister by two out of every ten...

23 April 2018 8:57 PM GMT

This implies that instead of adding Lingayat votes to the Congresss kitty, the separate religion status move seems to have resulted in turning some of them away from it.

India

Lingayat move may backfire for Congress

The survey finds only 24 percent (one in four) of the Vokkaligas opting for the Congress over other parties at the...

23 April 2018 8:49 PM GMT

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (Photo: File)

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Survey predicts hung House in Karnataka

BJP likely to emerge as single largest party in state.

23 April 2018 8:07 PM GMT

Opinion

Karnataka CM can smile

This includes wealthy industrialist Ashok Kheny, for whom he wangled Bidar South in the face of objections by senior...

16 April 2018 6:41 PM GMT

$The protesters poured into the city from different parts of the State, particularly the Vokkaliga stronghold of Old Mysuru region, in respose to \Raj Bhavan Chalo\ call given by various outfits of the community. (Photo: ANI)$ India

Bengaluru: Thousands of Vokkaligas protest against Shivakumar's arrest

Vokkaliga and Lingayat are the two dominant communities of Karnataka.

11 Sep 2019 1:09 PM GMT

Basangouda Patil Yatnal, former union minister and a powerful leader of Lingayats in Vijayapura-Bagalkot region had opposed the movement strongly urging people of north-Karnataka to reject the Congress in the election.

Opinion

Uplifting gesture by Lingayats

Amid complications like these comes the touching act of the Lingayats of one village being bold enough to appoint a...

21 Feb 2020 9:37 PM GMT

Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily (Photo: PTI)

Metros

Lingayat issue led to Cong defeat: Moily

Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah in the run-up to the May 12 election.

15 May 2018 9:28 PM GMT

India

Lingayat issue backfires on Cong in Mumbai-K'taka

The Congress which had seven of the eight seats in its kitty in Vijayapura, retained only three this time with three...

15 May 2018 8:52 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was speaking at an event in New Delhi on the occasion of Buddha Purnima. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Opinion

No sign of a Modi wave, but voters did want to bring change in K'taka

The BJP ended up winning 104 seats, while the Congress ended up winning 78 seats.

15 May 2018 7:36 PM GMT

BJP president Amit Shah will kick off the partys 79-day Karnataka Parivartan Yatra in Bengaluru on Thursday, with the aim of returning to power in the southern state. (Photo: PTI)

India

BJP chief to visit Lingayat mutts during Karnataka tour

The BJP is making an all-out effort to unseat the Congress from the only big state where the Grand Old Party is in...

25 March 2018 11:33 PM GMT

India

Lingayat minority tag election gimmick: BJP

Yeddyurappa is a Lingayat strongman and BJP's chief ministerial candidate for the coming Karnataka Assembly polls.

21 March 2018 10:16 PM GMT

India

K'taka Lingayat row: Cong's bid for religion tag sparks debate ahead...

Calling K'taka decision height of injustice, Veerashaiva Mahasabha will meet on March 23 to discuss next course of...

21 March 2018 3:15 AM GMT