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BENGALURU: For two days now, seers of various religious institutions have been visiting Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa at his residence in a show of solidarity. Even as he refuses to speak to the media about it directly, Yediyurappa and his team have been bullishly highlighting this show of solidarity. The support comes at a time speculations are rife that Yediyurappa has been asked to resign as Chief Minister and make way for new leadership.
While Yediyurappa is said to have agreed to go, it seems he isn’t going out without a show of strength. Those from the CM’s camp insist that the wave of support coming his way whether from Lingayat leaders of the BJP or the Congress, or religious leaders shows that he remains the mass leader of the party. Others from within the BJP say this is Yediyurappa’s attempt to convey that he still wields a lot of influence and cannot be mistaken to be redundant by the party’s central leadership.
Panchamasali Lingayats’ show in Bengaluru dents B S Yediyurappa’s leadership status
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Last Updated: Feb 22, 2021, 10:56 AM IST
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Sunday’s massive rally led by heads of two powerful mutts of the subsect showed Yediyurappa no longer enjoyed clout among the Panchamasalis. Though he was all along seen as the undisputed leader of the Lingayats, Karnataka’s largest community, the dominant subsect of Panchamasalis has now distanced itself from the chief minister.
Tens of thousands of Panchamasali Lingayat community members flocked to Bengaluru from all across Karnataka to demand reservation benefits under the more backward classification of 2A, throwing a formidable challenge to chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s leadership.