Bengaluru: RSS state chief Su. Ramanna’s statement on separate Lingayat religion has sparked a new controversy. Leaders who are in the forefront of agitation have warned RSS against its intervention in the movement.
It all started with Su. Ramanna raising the issue at annual Vijayadashami event organised by the RSS. He had criticised that few vested interests are behind the ongoing agitations demanding separate religion tag for the Lingayats.
Now, this statement has backfired with several prominent Lingayat leaders warning the RSS against meddling with the agitation. Mate Mahadevi urged the RSS to distance itself from the movement as Lingayats are nothing to do with Hindusim.
State mining minister Vinay Kulkarni also urged the RSS that any statement against the movement will not be tolerated. “Amit Shah himself is not a Hindu but a Jain. In such a scenario why RSS must intervene? RSS must try to adopt the values preached by Basavanna to strengthen the religion,” he said.
