BENGALURU: Efforts are underway to deliver the now estranged Lingayat and Veerashaiva communities below a single umbrella.
This building comes a year after the Lingayats had sought a separate faith standing and a split from the Veerashaiva bloc. The Jagruta Lingayat Samudaya has set three riders if talks with the All-India Veerashaiva Mahasabha (AIVM) were to prevail.
The determination of the Siddaramaiah govt to just accept the Lingayats’ demand and provides them the minority faith tag, singed the Congress and cost three ministers, who had sponsored the motion, their seats within the meeting polls.
Lingayat discussion board convener SM Jaamdar on Sunday said the community is in a position to talk about the problem with the Veerashaiva Mahasabha, however the riders aren’t “pre-conditions” for talks.
The three circumstances are: Rename AIVM the All India Lingayat-Veershaiva Mahasabha; make JD(S) MLC Basavaraj Horatti the state president of the discussion board; Congress MLA MB Patil must be an office-bearer and given a prominent publish on the nationwide stage within the discussion board.
‘Jaamdar has all powers to mediate’
Congress MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa should continue to remain nationwide president,” Jaamdar said. The former IAS officer said mediators from the Mahasabha had approached the discussion board for talks.
MB Patil, who continues to be peeved at being denied a ministerial berth within the Congress-JD(S) coalition govt, said Jaamdar has been given “all powers” to speak on behalf of the community. “He is wellversed with the Lingayat community’s history and is the spearhead of the motion. The discussion board will take a call in accordance with his inputs,” Patil said.
However, the Lingayat discussion board insisted talks are nonetheless at a nascent stage. Horatti claimed talks have not been officially communicated to the discussion board and so much nonetheless needs to be finished. “We can not touch upon talks as the Mahasabha has not formally approached the discussion board. We will wait and watch,” Horatti said.
Mahasabha vice-president N Thippanna has reportedly been holding backroom parleys with Jaamdar to deliver the 2 teams below the similar fold.
Reacting to the opportunity of the talks, Shivashankarappa has welcomed the decision, however in the similar vein criticised Jaamdar for “breaking the community”. “There can't be any circumstances to the talks. The former bureaucrat (Jaamdar), who worked below us prior to now, has finished nothing for the community and now claims to be a Lingayat. What has he finished (for the community)?”
This building comes a year after the Lingayats had sought a separate faith standing and a split from the Veerashaiva bloc. The Jagruta Lingayat Samudaya has set three riders if talks with the All-India Veerashaiva Mahasabha (AIVM) were to prevail.
The determination of the Siddaramaiah govt to just accept the Lingayats’ demand and provides them the minority faith tag, singed the Congress and cost three ministers, who had sponsored the motion, their seats within the meeting polls.
Lingayat discussion board convener SM Jaamdar on Sunday said the community is in a position to talk about the problem with the Veerashaiva Mahasabha, however the riders aren’t “pre-conditions” for talks.
The three circumstances are: Rename AIVM the All India Lingayat-Veershaiva Mahasabha; make JD(S) MLC Basavaraj Horatti the state president of the discussion board; Congress MLA MB Patil must be an office-bearer and given a prominent publish on the nationwide stage within the discussion board.
‘Jaamdar has all powers to mediate’
Congress MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa should continue to remain nationwide president,” Jaamdar said. The former IAS officer said mediators from the Mahasabha had approached the discussion board for talks.
MB Patil, who continues to be peeved at being denied a ministerial berth within the Congress-JD(S) coalition govt, said Jaamdar has been given “all powers” to speak on behalf of the community. “He is wellversed with the Lingayat community’s history and is the spearhead of the motion. The discussion board will take a call in accordance with his inputs,” Patil said.
However, the Lingayat discussion board insisted talks are nonetheless at a nascent stage. Horatti claimed talks have not been officially communicated to the discussion board and so much nonetheless needs to be finished. “We can not touch upon talks as the Mahasabha has not formally approached the discussion board. We will wait and watch,” Horatti said.
Mahasabha vice-president N Thippanna has reportedly been holding backroom parleys with Jaamdar to deliver the 2 teams below the similar fold.
Reacting to the opportunity of the talks, Shivashankarappa has welcomed the decision, however in the similar vein criticised Jaamdar for “breaking the community”. “There can't be any circumstances to the talks. The former bureaucrat (Jaamdar), who worked below us prior to now, has finished nothing for the community and now claims to be a Lingayat. What has he finished (for the community)?”
Talks on cards to reunite Lingayats, Veerashaivas
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