The ruling BJP ended its public campaign for the Karnataka Assembly elections on May 8 with its Lingayat strongman B. S. Yediyurappa insisting that the opposition Congress has failed in its attempt to ‘politically instigate’ the dominant Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
“The Congress did not remember the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community when it was in power. Now, when it is not in power, and when the elections are fast approaching, the Congress is appeasing them. The Congress is trying to instigate the Veerashaiva-Lingayats. But this community has strongly stood by us,” Mr. Yediyurappa told mediapersons in Bengaluru on May 8.
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