Clarifying that there was never an intent to divide religion, Chairman of KPCC Campaign Committee M.B. Patil on Saturday said that the issue of getting minority tag for Lingayat will be taken forward after the elections, taking all seers and heads of Veerashaiva Lingayat community into confidence.
Replying to queries at a press conference in Hubballi on Saturday, Mr. Patil, however, declined to comment on the reported apology tendered by Congress leader Siddaramaiah before the seer of Sri Rambhapuri Peetha.
He said that he will not like to comment on what transpired between Mr. Siddaramaiah and the seer of the Sri Rambhapuri Peetha. He said that the question should be put to Mr. Siddaramaiah and that he was the right person to answer it. And, in the same breath, he added that he will also be meeting the seer of the Sri Rambhapuri Peetha shortly.
