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Karnataka Election: BJP trying to counter Congress, may play ‘Lingayat Chief Minister’ card

Karnataka Election: BJP trying to counter Congress, may play 'Lingayat Chief Minister' card

[ad_1] Lingayat leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bengaluru, Karnataka have advocated the launch of a ‘Lingayat Chief Minister’ campaign in the poll-bound Karnataka to counter Congress’s claim of labeling the ruling party as ‘anti-Lingayat’. The politically influential Lingayat community constitutes about 17 per cent of the state’s population. Most of the people of … Read more