Why Lingayats go with Brahmins: Why the Lingayats always go with Brahmins though they do not recognise the Brahmin religious leadership, unlike the Vokkaligas, and go to Brahmin temples?
This is because both the Brahmins and Lingayats share the most important common quality of living on exploitation. Vokkaligas are not so much hated by the SC/BCs unlike the Lingayats. That is how the BJP fielded the largest number of Brahmin and Lingayat candidates. Never before the state Assembly had such a large number of Brahmins (10). The new State Assembly itself is dominated by the three exploiting jatis, Brahmins, Lingayats and Vokkaligas — OBCs and Muslims are marginalised. Those SC/STs elected from reserved constituencies are tested stooges of the three upper castes. Where is democracy going in India? Caste power which always goes with money power has trampled democracy. This is because each submerged jati is not strengthening its identity and consolidating its jati. As long as they don’t develop self-respect, they will remain as slaves. Sonia Gandhi responsibility: There is an interesting development with Dalits. Mallikarjuna Kharge, a Dalit president of the state Congress, s
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