The Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government approved the demand of the Lingayat community for a separate religion

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Just months before the Karnataka Assembly election, the Siddaramaiah-led government on Monday, 19 March accepted the recommendation of Nagamohan Das Committee for a separate religion status for members of the Lingayat community.

The committee, formed by the state government in December 2017 to decide on the matter, had noted that “Lingayats may be considered as religious minority."The state government’s decision is a crucial political development ahead of the 2018 state assembly polls in Karnataka.