All India Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha National President Shamanur Shivashankarappa.
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Davanagere: All India Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha President and Congress MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa said that it is not possible to govern the state by facing the wrath of Veerashaiva Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities.
"The number of Veerashaiva Lingayats has increased in the state. The Vokkaliga community is in second place. The government is simply saying that it will release the caste census report. Once it is released, Vokkaligas and Lingayats will fight together," he told reporters on Tuesday.
New census appropriate: Sanehalli Sri
Panditaradhya Shivacharya Swamiji of the Sanehalli Taralabalu branch mutt felt that the socio-economic survey was conducted ten years ago. There seems to be a problem in this survey report. So, it would be appropriate to conduct a new census without releasing this report.
“The population of the Veerashaiva Lingayat community is shown less in the census report. It seems that the population of another community is high. This is raising a lot of doubts. We would like to advise that it is better for the government not to accept this,” he told reporters.