The Lingayat Forum is a fictional organisation as it does not exist at all, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Monday.
The Chief Minister told reporters here that Veerashaiva is a very big community and it is not under any organisation. A lot of respect is given to the Veerashaiva Mahasabha, but it is not correct to use any organisation for election purpose, he said.
"If four or five persons say something, does it become the voice of the Lingayats? The Lingayat community is like an ocean. The Lingayat Forum is an organisation that emerged ahead of election, " he stated.
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Bommai also said that there are no cases against the BJP and the Congress leaders who talk about corruption are themselves facing corruption charges.
"What moral right do they have to question the BJP, " Bommai asked.
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The Chief Minister also said that BJP's national leaders have come to Karnataka for all the elections as they have an emotional bond with the people of the state.
The Chief Minister's remarks came after the Karnataka Lingayita Mattu Veerashaiva Vichara Vedike, a platform of thinkers from the state's dominant Veerashaiva Lingayat community, gave a call to the community members to defeat the BJP in the May 10 Assembly elections.
