Karnataka The Mahasabha, however, said it do not oppose the minority religion tag accorded to the community. Photo: Hemant Mishra/MintBengaluru: The All India Veershaiva Mahasabha on Friday said both Veershaiva and Lingayats were one and condemned the Karnataka government’s decision to carve out a difference between the two. However, the Mahasabha said that they do not oppose the minority religion tag accorded to the community. The representative body said that it had given a memorandum to the centre in 2013 seeking to get a religious minority status for Veershaiva and Lingayats. The centre is yet to decide on the memorandum and the Mahasabha will request the centre to move this request forward.

Source: Mint March 23, 2018 19:30 UTC