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Shah, while speaking to reporters after a rally to mark the BJP’s 38th foundation day here, said, “I maintain that the Karnataka government’s move to give Lingayats a separate religion status is a move to divide the Hindus.”
“The UPA government had rejected the recommendation (to give Lingayats the status of a minority group) in 2013. The present decision has only been taken to stop Yeddyurappa from becoming the chief minister, This is an election gimmick,” he said.
When asked about the Karnataka chief minister’s comment last month that Shah is a Jain, the BJP chief said, “I am not a Jain, but a Hindu Vaishnav.”
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“Amit Shah is a Jain. He needs to clarify first whether he is Ahindu. Jain is a separate religion. How can he talk about me like that,” Siddaramaiah had said.