VIJAYAPURA: After house minister MB Patil slammed his cupboard colleague DK Shivakumar for apologising over the arguable factor of challenging a separate religion for the Lingayats, the minister’s followers attempted to browbeat BJP MLA AS Patil, aka Nadahalli, raking up the same topic on Saturday.
Even as Nadahalli was addressing the media, supporters of Patil and those from the Lingayat committee, searching for a separate identification for the group, gheraoed him at a non-public resort. They shouted slogans against him before police rushed in and whisked them away.
Undeterred by the surprising building, Nadahalli claimed he had were given life threats from Patil’s followers. “I will be able to now not be cowed down by some of these threats. But I will be able to meet police and record a criticism against the attackers, and also will discover of meeting speaker KR Ramesh Kumar,” he added.
The cause for the incident was Nadahalli’s stand on the Lingayat factor. He is of the opinion that Lingayats and Veerashaivas are one and the same. Nadahalli had accused the home minister of looking to reason a discord in the Lingayat group by searching for a minority religion tag.
Meanwhile, Shivakumar in Bengaluru declined to react to MB Patil’s outburst against him. “I have the liberty to air my views. My stand on the Lingayat factor is a private one. I come from a village and don’t understand the niceties of the town,” he stated.
MB Patil had questioned Shivakumar for apologising on behalf of the Siddaramaiah executive on the Lingayat factor.
“Who gave power to Shivakumar to apologise on behalf of the Congress. Why did he factor such an embarrassing commentary? I will be able to deliver this to the attention of Congress top command,” MB Patil had stated on Friday.
The house minister additionally wondered why Shivakumar apologized when the celebration or executive had nothing to do with the separate Lingayat religion agitation. “And who is he to apologize? He was now not the celebration president then,” he stated.
Even as Nadahalli was addressing the media, supporters of Patil and those from the Lingayat committee, searching for a separate identification for the group, gheraoed him at a non-public resort. They shouted slogans against him before police rushed in and whisked them away.
Undeterred by the surprising building, Nadahalli claimed he had were given life threats from Patil’s followers. “I will be able to now not be cowed down by some of these threats. But I will be able to meet police and record a criticism against the attackers, and also will discover of meeting speaker KR Ramesh Kumar,” he added.
The cause for the incident was Nadahalli’s stand on the Lingayat factor. He is of the opinion that Lingayats and Veerashaivas are one and the same. Nadahalli had accused the home minister of looking to reason a discord in the Lingayat group by searching for a minority religion tag.
Meanwhile, Shivakumar in Bengaluru declined to react to MB Patil’s outburst against him. “I have the liberty to air my views. My stand on the Lingayat factor is a private one. I come from a village and don’t understand the niceties of the town,” he stated.
MB Patil had questioned Shivakumar for apologising on behalf of the Siddaramaiah executive on the Lingayat factor.
“Who gave power to Shivakumar to apologise on behalf of the Congress. Why did he factor such an embarrassing commentary? I will be able to deliver this to the attention of Congress top command,” MB Patil had stated on Friday.
The house minister additionally wondered why Shivakumar apologized when the celebration or executive had nothing to do with the separate Lingayat religion agitation. “And who is he to apologize? He was now not the celebration president then,” he stated.
Lingayat issue triggers Patil vs Patil conflict
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