"Decision should be made by community itself": Parameshwara...

Bengaluru ( Karnataka ) [India], October 7 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said that it must be clarified whether the Veerashaiva-Lingayat religion and the Lingayat religion are the same or different religions. He stressed that this decision must be made by the community itself.

"First, it must be clarified whether the Veerashaiva-Lingayat religion and the Lingayat religion are the same or different. This decision should be made by the community itself. Lingayats and Veerashaivas keep saying every day that they are different from each other. If this confusion is resolved first, everything else will fall into place," Parameshwara said.

He defended Chief Minister Siddaramaiah 's remarks at the closing ceremony of the Basava cultural campaign.

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