Over two dozen pontiffs from different parts of the state dressed in saffron met Yeddyurappa to express their support.
Prominent Veerashaiva-Lingayat political leaders and seers across party lines have thrown their weight behind him, with many saints and leaders cautioning the BJP against any move to oust the BSY.
As talk intensified within a section of the ruling BJP that Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa is set to be out, the CM is getting ready to show strength by involving mutts of different castes.
Over 20 saints from Lingayat monasteries from different parts of the state met Yeddyurappa on Tuesday to express their support for him. The Times of India Reported. He said over 300 pontiffs would gather in Bengaluru to decide their course of action if the BJP high command did not reconsider its alleged plans for a leadership change in the next two to three days.
If Yeddyurappa is harassed, BJP will be wiped out in Karnataka. The decision has been taken with malicious intent,” said Dingleswar Swamiji of Balhosur Math.
Prominent Veerashaiva-Lingayat political leaders and seers across party lines have thrown their weight behind him, with many seers and leaders cautioning the BJP against any move to oust BSY from the chief minister’s post.
The Veerashaiva-Lingayat community is considered the main support base of the BJP. With a fresh round of speculation set to replace Yediyurappa, senior Congress leader and All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha chief Shamanur Shivashankarappa said the community is behind the chief minister.
Many prominent saints of the community such as Shivamurthy Murugh Sharanaru, the head of the Sri Jagadguru Murugarajendra Math at Chitradurga, Sri Veera Someswara Shivacharya Swami of the Rambhapuri Peeth in Balehonnur, and Srisaila Jagadguru Channa Siddarama Panditaradhya Yadavraj. Veera Someswara Shivaacharya Swamy said Yeddyurappa would have to convert any move for the BJP into “big people”.
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