Congress MLA accuses BJP of insulting Veerashaiva Lingayat community in Karnataka

Congress MLA Lakshmi Hebbalkar says that the BJP has decided that it no longer needs the Veerashaiva Lingayat community to win Assembly polls in Karnataka

Congress MLA Lakshmi Hebbalkar has accused the ruling BJP of insulting the Veerashaiva Lingayat community in Karnataka.

At the Yuva Kranti rally organised by the Congress in Belagavi on March 20, the MLA and Lingayat leader said that the BJP has decided that it no longer needs the Veerashaiva Lingayat community to win Assembly polls in Karnataka.

“BJP is speaking openly against Veerashaiva Lingayats. It is highly condemnable. BJP leader C.T. Ravi has said that the BJP does not need the support of the Lingayat community to win the coming polls. It is because political power has gone to the heads of BJP leaders,” she said.

“Some BJP leaders say the party does not need the Lingayats. Some other leader says they will destroy all madrassas in the State. Someone else gives a call for dispensing with Siddaramaiah. Is that what your morals are? Are these the principles you live by? We should observe them closely. BJP leaders keep taking the name of lord Ram all the time. But their thoughts, mindset and work is that of Ravana,” she said.

She urged the people to support the Congress in the coming polls. Women, members of all communities, and especially youth, should support the party.

“You are all intelligent and self-respecting people. You should analyse who has supported you more. We have issued two guarantee cards already. One of them, Graha Lakshmi, is for women. The woman who head the family and runs the household, will get a cash incentive of ₹2,000 or ₹24,000 per annum.