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		<title>&#8220;Yediyurappa’s tears will wash away BJP in Karnataka&#8221;, States Lingayats</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dingaleshwar, a Lingayat seer, forecast disaster for the BJP in Karnataka to journalists crowded around his Balehosur mutt. On 26 July, BS Yediyurappa quit as chief minister of Karnataka, prompting him to say that his tears will wipe away the BJP in the state. &#8220;Blackmailing&#8221; Yediyurappa, the seer said, made it clear that the Lingayat mutts would not accept the resignation of the CM. As a result of his departure, the seers are now supporting BJP politicians from their own society for the position of the chief minister. Nearly 17 percent of Karnataka&#8217;s population is made up [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/yediyurappas-tears-will-wash-away-bjp-in-karnataka-states-lingayats">&#8220;Yediyurappa’s tears will wash away BJP in Karnataka&#8221;, States Lingayats</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="first-sentence-half"><span class=" jss1377 jss1378"><span class="jss1379 jss1380">Dingaleshwar, </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1381"><span class="jss1379 jss1382">a </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1383"><span class="jss1379 jss1384">Lingayat </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1385"><span class="jss1379 jss1386">seer, </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1387"><span class="jss1379 jss1388">forecast </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1389"><span class="jss1379 jss1390">disaster </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1391"><span class="jss1379 jss1392">for </span><span class="jss1379 jss1393">the </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1394"><span class="jss1379 jss1395">BJP </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1396"><span class="jss1379 jss1397">in </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1398"><span class="jss1379 jss1399">Karnataka </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1400"><span class="jss1379 jss1401">to </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1402"><span class="jss1379 jss1403">journalists </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1404"><span class="jss1379 jss1405">crowded </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1406"><span class="jss1379 jss1407">around </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1408"><span class="jss1379 jss1409">his </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1410"><span class="jss1379 jss1411">Balehosur </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1412"><span class="jss1379 jss1413">mutt. </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1424"><span class="jss1379 jss1425">On </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1426"><span class="jss1379 jss1427">26 </span><span class="jss1379 jss1428">July, </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1429"><span class="jss1379 jss1430">BS </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1431"><span class="jss1379 jss1432">Yediyurappa </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1433"><span class="jss1379 jss1434">quit </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1435"><span class="jss1379 jss1436">as </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1437"><span class="jss1379 jss1438">chief </span><span class="jss1379 jss1439">minister </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1440"><span class="jss1379 jss1441">of </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1442"><span class="jss1379 jss1443">Karnataka, </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1444"><span class="jss1379 jss1445">prompting </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1446"><span class="jss1379 jss1447">him </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1448"><span class="jss1379 jss1449">to </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1450"><span class="jss1379 jss1451">say </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1452"><span class="jss1379 jss1453">that </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1454"><span class="jss1379 jss1455">his </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1456"><span class="jss1379 jss1457">tears </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1458"><span class="jss1379 jss1459">will </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1460"><span class="jss1379 jss1461">wipe </span><span class="jss1379 jss1462">away </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1463"><span class="jss1379 jss1464">the </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1465"><span class="jss1379 jss1466">BJP </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1467"><span class="jss1379 jss1468">in </span><span class="jss1379 jss1469">the </span></span><span class=" jss1377 jss1470"><span class="jss1379 jss1471">state. &#8220;Blackmailing&#8221; Yediyurappa, the seer said, made it clear that the Lingayat mutts would not accept the resignation of the CM. As a result of his departure, the seers are now supporting BJP politicians from their own society for the position of the chief minister.</span></span></div>
<div>Nearly 17 percent of Karnataka&#8217;s population is made up of Lingayats, a major caste category. They have been staunch BJP followers since the 1990s.</div>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/yediyurappas-tears-will-wash-away-bjp-in-karnataka-states-lingayats">&#8220;Yediyurappa’s tears will wash away BJP in Karnataka&#8221;, States Lingayats</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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