RSS forcing Lingayat religious heads to coerce community to declare itself as Hindu: MLA

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Vijayanand Kashappanavar is besides  the president  of the Kudalasangama Panchamasali Trust.

Vijayanand Kashappanavar is besides the president of the Kudalasangama Panchamasali Trust. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO

The RSS is forcing heads of Lingayat maths to coerce the assemblage to state itself arsenic Hindus during the Social and Educational Survey, MLA and Panchamasali person Vijayanand Kashappanavar has said. The Congress person besides said that the RSS is backing those maths that are connected its side.

Speaking to reporters successful Ilkal of Bagalkot territory connected Thursday, helium said that helium has received accusation that immoderate swamijis are being funded and pressured by the RSS to impulse their devotees to grounds their religion arsenic Hindu and people their caste arsenic Veerashaiva Lingayat during the survey.

“Some spiritual leaders person opposed it,” helium said. He, however, did not sanction members of either groups.

He said that helium is steadfast successful his enactment to the request for Lingayat religion. “Lingayat should go a religion successful our country. Our conflict volition not halt until that happens,” helium said.

Responding to the connection of the ousted Sri Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swami that helium volition physique different peetha astatine Kudalasangama, Mr. Kashappanavar said that the swamiji is escaped to bash it.

“Let him physique a mathematics connected immoderate riverbank by investing money. Let them travel their Hinduism. Ours is the Basava Tatva and lone those who judge successful this ideology and the enactment of the Sharanas are our Gurus,” helium said.

He clarified that helium has each the supporting documents for each the allegations helium and the different members of the Kudalasangama spot person made against the seer.

“We person enactment each their illegalities successful a CD. We volition exposure them erstwhile the clip comes,” helium warned. “Some things cannot beryllium shared successful beforehand of the media. But if the juncture arises, I volition not hesitate to uncover all,” helium said.

He said that helium has thing to bash with the sleaze CD that the seer is referring to. “We are not talking astir the sleaze CD. Some others look to beryllium talking astir it. But then, wherefore is the seer disquieted astir the beingness of immoderate specified CD, if his conscience is clear? What is determination to beryllium acrophobic of?” helium said.

Published - September 25, 2025 07:49 p.m. IST

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