HDK govt sidelining Veerashaiva Lingayat officers, alleges BSY

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March 4, 2019

Mysuru, Mar 4: Karnataka BJP president and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has alleged that chief minister H D Kumaraswamy led government has been “prejudiced” against the officers belonging to the Veerashaiva Lingayat community and hence the latter have been sidelined in transfers.

“The government cannot listen to our voice as it is deaf. There is a conspiracy to marginalise Veerashaiva Lingayat officers. We should be united and fight until we get justice,” he said while addressing the 10th State-level convention of Karnataka State Veerashaiva-Lingayat Employees’ Welfare Association, Bengaluru.

Shivarathri Deshikendra Swami of Suttur Mutt, and the former MLA Ashok Kheny were among those present.

Mr. Yeddyurappa also aimed a swipe at Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy by saying, “We don’t have a CM who can solve the problems faced by our community. Whoever is sitting on the CM’s chair cannot listen to the community.”

Mr. Kheny, who is managing director of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE), claimed that he could not complete the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project NICE project as he belonged to the Veerashaiva–Lingayat community.

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