Bengaluru, Feb 29: A Lingayat seer on Friday threatened to get 10 BJP MLAs to quit if Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa does not make MLA Dattatreya Patil Revoor a minister soon.
"If Yediyurappa does not make BJP's Gulbarga South MLA Dattatreya Patil Revoor a minister, I will get 10 ruling party legislators resign and reduce the government to a minority, forcing the Chief Minister to resign," said Srishaila Saranga mutt seer Deshikendra Swami at a meeting in Kalaburagi on Friday.
Addressing a gathering of the Lingayat community, to which Revoor belongs, the seer said although he wanted Yediyurappa to complete the remaining 3-year term in office and the BJP to return to power after the next elections, it would be difficult for Yediyurappa to continue if Revoor is not made a minister.
"Yediyurappa will be in office for the next three years if he makes Revoor minister. If not, I will ask him (latter) also to resign, as does not need to be in politics anymore because he has a house, many acres of agricultural land and is very rich," the seer told the gathering in Kannada.
In his nomination to contest in the May 2018 assembly elections, Revoor (37) declared in an affidavit Rs 17-crore assets, including immovable properties.
Wishing Yediyurappa to remain in office for the next three years and return as Chief Minister, the seer said if Yediyurappa is forced to quit, then the Lingayat community would not get an opportunity to have its leader as Chief Minister again for at least 30 years.
Yediyurappa, whose constituency is Shikaripura in Shivamogga district, is considered the tallest Lingayat leader of the politically powerful community, which accounts for 18% of the 6.5-crore state's population.
Though a dozen BJP legislators won from the erstwhile Hyderabad-Karnataka region in the May 2018 Assembly elections, only Prabhu Chauhan from the adjacent Bidar district was made minister for animal husbandry.
The Saranga mutt seer’s threat comes a month after Veerashaiva Lingayat Panchamasali seer Swami Vachananda, dared Yediyurappa to make 3 of the community legislators ministers ahead of the second cabinet expansion on February 6.
At a Lingayat gathering in the state's Davengere district on January 15, Vachananda told Yediyurappa to make party's Bilgi legislator Murgesh Nirani Minister, failing which the community would withdraw its support to the ruling party.
Hiryur is about 300km northwest of the southern state's capital Bengaluru.
Ticking off the young seer, a defiant Yediyurappa, however, threatened to walk out of the meeting if he was blackmailed for making Lingayat MLAs ministers.
"You cannot threaten me saying your sub-sect (Veera Shaiva) community would not support the BJP in the next assembly or Lok Saba elections, due in 2023 and 2024," retorted Yediyurappa, reasserting his status as the community's strongman in the state.
In the second cabinet expansion, only 10 newly elected legislators who defected from the Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) were made ministers, leaving 6 posts vacant in the 34-member ministry.
In the first cabinet expansion on August 20, 2019, 17 party legislators were made ministers. Nirani and others, who were present on the dais, pacified Yediyurappa to take his seat and requested the seer to avoid making political speech on such occasions.
"The chief minister threatened to resign than succumb to pressures from religious or community followers," a party official told media.
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If you study Hinduism in deep you will get mad. Like
1.Brahma got married to his daughter
2.Draupadi had affair with Karna.
3.Shiva chopped one head of Brahma
4.Shiva used to take ladies avatar for fun.
5.Ayyappa is the son of shiva & Vishnu.
6.Hanuman got married to crocodile.
7.Shiva failure to recognise his son ganapathy.
In reality following hinduism is like worshipping everything. Creator and his creations.
If you go for study, you will come to know that its an imaginary story not real like cartoons.
Ram is based on kaalpanic story of Valmiki(Thief)
In Sri Lanka there is no evidence of Rama. Its only available in Nagpur.
Good comedy serial the new tele serial mungere lal key haseen sapnee India never sleeps with all such comic episodes.
Dis guy is begging to change the religion hahaha....i dont understand y all saffron groups are so worried abt Muslim.
o barking dogs go to china and pak boarders area save our country...
ONLY Hindus converting to Islam. They know that Islam
IS TRUE religion.
No educated Muslim will Convert to Hinduism. Its impossible.
So stop dreaming. Look vhp's family members might converted to Islam.
Look at ur own house first.
Ondu Manga ninthu yeno bagulatthe adanna kelalu saviraru Mangagalu Kulithive.Yentha Vipariyaasa kanri.
What a Joke sir ji.
We dont want to be with you people in Jahannam.You people carry on.We are happy as a Muslim.
Such a huge majority of population....don't know why they are afraid of minorities....
So now on everyone go and live in jungle....
Where to find ravana....
Should ignore wife and kids in jungle....and can't recognize own kids?..
Really difficult task ....
And what about other gods..... forget them....come on
Rama couldnt save his own wife sita. How can he save u
Barking dog first you try to secure by yourself & your leaders those who are depend under government security.... Muslims dont need protection from you, Alhamdulillah we have one god Allah to protect us...
People like you are 2% in this country barking to spoil the peace & harmony between society.
Do not try to check patience of your own community peace lovers of society... Soon time will come where your bajarangis will start searching to enter space like rats... ha ha ha...
those hindu community k liye kalank hai.... True Hindu tho o hai jo peace lover hai....
@ Senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad Leader... who are you to protect others? You Cannot protect Yourself unless Allah wills... You are the black sheep of Hindu Dharma Coz your thoughts itself indicates that you are an atheist. You don't belong to any religion,
I wonder who will protect you fromAllah if you did not repent and accept Muhammad (peace be upon him) as your prophet
A 'Jain' asking 'Muslims' to convert to 'Hinduism'. Excellent example for communal harmony in feku (i dont mind if you read 'e' as 'a') age.
when Mr Jain converted to Hinduism ? just ignore his lose talk
To know how God created all that exists....
The Non Muslims should read THE QURAN... U will come to understand who is following what.. (U can try thequranproject online)
And to follow Prophets of God ... It needs God's blessing...
Some hate mongers are missing and they even cannot identify whats good and whats bad to the society.
To honest people on EARTH... Just ask once \oh the one who put Soul in me ... GUIDE me...\"
U will surely SEE the real colors of LIFE of who is with whom, if your INTENTION is right... TRY IT.."
Prophet Adam (peace be upon him). Was the first human being came to the earth. So by all means all are in this world should be Muslims. So now if all Hindus revert to Islam we will give you security to eat beef.
Mr. Beans & Mr. Badane of our Mangalore. Please be aware that most of good hindus are not following these goons. Jobless chaddis..oh sorry panties. They could able to gather only this much crowd. Beary nakulna madmed ned dhla jaasti jana barpundu maarre.
mental manja, now the statement clearly says if muslims dont shun islam then they are under threat ?
i cant stop laughing hahahahaha, we dont need the protection of chaddis.
OUR PM has joined with paksitan, will you boycott our PM .
Bloody hypocrites.
This Bullshit has nothing to do... Spreading venom in the society.. and useless govt continuing their silence towards these Sangah Parivaar, Why the Govt can't ban the anti social elements..
Islam is such a golden religion, don't you ever think that in your dreams....
India Ninna Ammena astiya?? Dirty people with dirty culture.
Shia Sunni ok! Dalit, Jain, Brahmins yaake? Y this Kolaveri D thaatha?
Quote\ Jain went on to claim........if they want to remain in India\"
unquote
May be Jain needs treatment in Mental Hospital as he says the above sentence to Hindu brothers & sisters which is impossible and he is fully aware of it.
then why barking ...... ?"
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