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Lingayat leaders back M B Patil; slam Sangh Parivar for influencing seer

DHNS
September 15, 2017

Bengaluru, Sept 15: Leaders favouring a separate religion tag for the Lingayat faith on Thursday defended Water Resources Minister M B Patil, accusing the Sangh Parivar of influencing Siddaganga Mutt seer Shivakumara Swami to change his stand on the issue.

On September 10, M B Patil had announced that the seer extended support for the separate Lingayat religion campaign. Two days later, the Mutt clarified that it had not said anything to that effect, causing embarrassment to Patil and the campaign itself.

Mines and Geology Minister Vinay Kulkarni, former minister and JD(S) leader Basavaraj Horatti, Aland MLA B R Patil and retired IAS officer S M Jaamdar — all of them belonging to the Lingayat camp — defended M B Patil, maintaining that he had not lied.

“After word spread that the Siddaganga Mutt supported the Lingayat cause, the Sangh Parivar got worried because it was a setback for them. There were instructions from Delhi to somehow manage this,” B R Patil told a press conference.

Jaamdar, too, said there was “something fishy” in the run-up to the Mutt’s clarification that it did not express support for the separate religion demand for the Lingayat faith. “On September 12, there were two statements issued by the Mutt. The first one called for unity within the community and that Veerashaiva and Lingayat were the same. After a few hours, there was a second statement that had an addition — that MB Patil had twisted the Swamiji’s words. What could have transpired in those few hours?” Jaamdar asked cryptically.

Horatti admitted that M B Patil had erred by disclosing the conversation he had with Shivakumara Swami. “He got emotional,” he said. “From now, no politician will ever drag the Siddaganga Mutt into the matter.” Kulkarni added that the issue will not weaken M B Patil. “We’re all with him and our fight will continue.”

Reddi for Veera Lingayat

Meanwhile, Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddi insisted that Lingayat was a religion in itself. “It can’t be Veerashaiva, because the presence of ‘Shaiva’ makes it part of the Hindu religion. Lingayat is not part of the Hindu religion. Let it be called Veera Lingayata instead. Anyway, an expert committee must be formed to get more clarity,” he said, adding that he would soon visit the Siddaganga Mutt and discuss the matter with the seer.

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June 26,2020

Belthangady, Jun 26: Thieves broke into a house at Kalmanja village in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada during the wee hours on Friday and decamped with cash and valuables worth Rs 13 lakhs after tying the inmates of an areca merchant's house.

Police said the stolen valuables include 40 sovereigns gold, one kg silver and cash of Rs 25,000. The robbery took place in the house of Achyut Bhat who is an areca merchant in Ujire.

The house inmates opened the door after hearing dogs barking. Immediately the criminals, wearing masks, barged into the house and threatening to kill tied them before escaping with the booty.

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March 11,2020

Mar 11: Two activists of Sangh Parivar have been arrested by the police in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore for hurling a petrol bomb at a mosque in Ganapathy on March 5.

The miscreants had hurled petrol bombs at the front gate of Hidayathul Sunnath Jamath Mosque at Vedhambal Nagar near Ganapathy in Coimbatore around 1 am on March 5. Since the bomb did not explode, nobody was injured in the incident.

Following a complaint from the Secretary of the Jama’ath, the police had formed three separate teams to nab the miscreants.

Based on tip-offs, the police detained BJP member Pandi (41) and VHP member Akhil (23), both from Rathnapuri in Coimbatore for inquiry.  The duo has also been remanded to judicial custody.

According to a statement by the Coimbatore police, the accused told the police that they hurled petrol bomb at the mosque to protest against the attack against Anand, a Hindu Munnani functionary a few days ago. The accused also reportedly told the police that they were planning to create more chaos.

Madukkarai Anand, the District Secretary of Hindu Munnani was attacked on March 4, while he was returning home after participating in a pro-CAA dharna organised by the BJP and allied parties in Gandhipuram.

He was allegedly followed by men on two motorbikes, who attacked him with rods. Anand suffered head injuries in the attack and was admitted to a hospital. The Podanur police registered a case for attempt to murder based on a complaint and had also formed special teams to nab the accused. However, no one has been apprehended in that case till now.

Based on the statements given by the accused, the police arrested the two men, seized the two-wheeler they used, two cell phones and the things they used to manufacture the petrol bomb.

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July 29,2020

Mangaluru, July 29: Justifying the transfer of Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh, district in-charge minister Kota Shrinivas Poojari has accused Mangaluru MLA U T Khader of politicizing the issue. 

The IAS officer was transferred by the Karnataka government on July 28, a day after a saffron activist issued a death threat against her on social media after she warned of legal action against the miscreants who attack cattle traders.

Condemning the development, Mr Khader had tweeted that the state government has punished the deputy commissioner instead of punishing the culprit, who issued death threat.

Responding to Mr Khader’s tweet, Mr Poojari said that the transfer of the officer was on administrative ground. “It is unfortunate that Khader politicized a transfer carried out by the government on administrative ground. This is not Khader’s time to protect any accused,” tweeted Mr Poojari. 

It is worth mentioning here that Mr Khader was the district in-charge minister of Dakshina Kannada before Mr Poojari taking over the position. 

Meanwhile, police has arrested a person in connection with the death threat against the IAS officer.

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