“Yediyurappa’s tears will wash away BJP in Karnataka”, States Lingayats
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. "Blackmailing" Yediyurappa, the seer said, made it clear that the Lingayat mutts would not accept the resignation of ...