In Karnataka’s 67-year history, the Lingayat community, along with the Indian People’s Party (BJP), has been embarrassed only in the last decade. At the time when BS Yeddyurappa had emerged as a mass leader. But the first 42 years were with the Lingayat Congress or the Janata Parivar that broke away from the Congress. How 42 years of association with Lingayats got rid of Congress-Janata Parivar and pulled towards Yeddyurappa, Read the detail report on this: –
Lingayat population in Karnataka
In Karnataka, the Lingayat community is counted among the agricultural castes, who are also the beneficiaries. Their history begins from the 12th century. Lingayats constitute 18 percent of the population in Karnataka, giving a direct impact on 110 assemblies. There are 102 status of Lingayats. Out of these 16 exhibitions have got OBC status. Apart from Karnataka, there is a good population of this community in the neighboring states of Maharashtra, geographical areas and regions. Lingayat leader Yeddyurappa is from Kanika Prashanti. It is called ‘Teli’ in North India.
S Nijalingappa first CM
After Mysuru attained status as a state in 1956, S Nijalingappa became the first state employee. He was a Lingayat and took oath twice as CM. After marrying Indira Gandhi, Nijalingappa distanced himself from active politics. Saying this, he said that I have two eyes – Ramakrishna Hegde and Virendra Patil. Ramakrishna Hegde broke away from the Congress and joined the Janata Parivar. Since Nijalingappa reposed faith in him, the Lingayats bonded with Ramakrishna Hegde. Hegde became CM even after being a Brahmin.
Loyalty towards Virendra Patil as well
In the early eighties, the Lingayats reposed faith in Ramakrishna Hegde. The Lingayats shifted their political allegiance to Virendra Patil when they felt that the Janata Dal was failing to provide a stable government to the state. Patil brought the Congress to power in 1989. But Virendra Patil was removed from the candidate post by Rajiv Gandhi at the airport itself and after that the Lingayats turned away from the Congress. Ramakrishna Hegde once again became the leader of the Lingayats. Lingayats remained with Hegde even after he broke away from the Janata Dal and joined the Janata Dal United. It was because of Hegde that the Bharatiya Janata Party got the votes of Lingayats in the Lok Sabha elections and the Atal Bihari Tag government was formed at the center.
influential among the influential artists of northern karnataka
Socially Lingayat is counted among the influential artists of North Karnataka. Lingayats also live in the southern part of the state. For a decade in power, the Lingayats and the Vokkaligas, the second farming caste, kept dividing power. The Vokkaligas are a dominant caste in southern Karnataka. Devaraj Urs broke the political dominance of Lingayat and Vokkaliga people. Devraj Urs became Karnataka’s page in 1972 by bringing other backward castes, minorities and Dalits on a single platform.
Revenge from BJP’s defeat
After the death of Ramakrishna Hegde, the Lingayats elected BS Yeddyurappa as their leader and came to power in 2008. When Yeddyurappa was removed as Chief Minister in Karnataka, the Lingayats took their revenge for the BJP’s defeat in the 2013 assembly elections. Yediyurappa has a strong support base in the Lingayat community.
karnataka assembly account
Karnataka is more important than political slander. The state has 224 assembly and 28 Lok Sabha seats. In the current assembly, BJP has 121 MLAs, Congress has 69 and JDS has 30. Whereas from 28 pm, 25 are with BJP, one each with Congress, JDS and Independents.
Karnataka has some Lingayat influence
Kittur Karnataka region is Lingayat dominated region, 50 MLAs are again formed from here. CM Bommai also comes from the account. Apart from these, many elderly leaders are also coming from here. This is the reason why he plays the role of kingmaker in every assembly election. The region consists of 7 districts, including Bagalkot, Dharwad, Vijayapura, Belagavi, Haveri, Gadag and Uttara Kannada.
Big leaders of Lingayat community
Currently, the tallest leader from the Lingayat community is BS Yeddyurappa. Apart from this, the current Basavaraj Bommai also comes from this community. Veteran leader Jagadish Shetty also belongs to the Lingayat community. At the same time, HD Thammaiah and KS Kiran Kumar are also among the big leaders of Lingayat.
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