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Seers, even Cong leaders warn BJP against removal of Karnataka CM Yediyurappa
Updated On: 21 July, 2021 08:54 AM IST | Bengaluru | Agencies
The Veerashaiva-Lingayat community is considered to be the BJP’s core support base
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B S Yediyurappa. File pic
Amid heightened buzz within a section of the ruling BJP that the exit of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa was on the cards, community factor seems to have come to the fore, with prominent Veerashaiva-Lingayat political leaders and seers throwing their weight behind him.
Several seers and leaders of the dominant community, which is estimated to form about 16 per cent of the state’s population, have cautioned the BJP against any move to dislodge the 78-year-old Lingayat strongman from the CM’s post.
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