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Tumkur district is dominated by the population of Vokkaligas and Veerashaiva-Lingayats, comes under the Old Mysore region of Karnataka.
Breaking his silence on the demand for a separate religion status for Lingayats, BJP State president B.S. Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said both Veerashaiva and Lingayat are “one and the same”.
The issue of granting religious minority tag to the Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community will be examined as and when the Home Ministry receives the proposal from the Karnataka government, a senior home ministry official said.
With the Karnataka elections scheduled for May 12, the focus on the Lingayat-Veerashaiva standoff has become sharper.