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Sonia Gandhi visits Karnataka, to woo Lingayat community | Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi arrived in the Karnataka to
woo voters from the Lingayat community and attend the birthday celebrations of the highly respected Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swami at the ‘Siddaganga Mutt’ in Tumkur district. Gandhi, who is on a two-day tour of the state, said Swamiji
had inspired millions of people. “May Dr. Shivakumara Swamji continue to inspire
lakhs and lakhs of people across the state, across our country and indeed across
the world in the cause of education, social service, philanthropy and spirituality.
The ‘Siddaganga Mutt’ with its recorded history of 600 years is truly unique,”
said Sonia Gandhi. She later added that education was a crucial tool to give power
to the weaker sections of society and it was clearly visible in Karnataka. “Education
must lead to a deep sensitivity to social justice. It is education that has led
to the empowerment of weaker sections of society that is so very apparent in many
parts of our country, especially Karnataka,” said Gandhi. The Congress chief’s
visit is being seen as an effort to motivate party workers for the 2013 state
assembly polls. Media reports also claimed that Gandhi’s visit is aimed at wooing
the Lingayat community and strengthen the Congress vote bank. The community forms
a major chunk of the vote bank in the state. Although, loyalties of the Lingayats
lie with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with the former Karnataka chief minister
B S Yeddyurappa being the most important leader of the community. But his ouster
on graft charges has cast doubts in the mind of Lingayats.
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