Pardon us: Congress Minister on minority tag for Lingayats
Calling the previous Congress government's decision to recommend religious minority status for Lingayat community a "blunder", Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar said, "We apologise... and beg your pardon whole-heartedly." He added that the Congress lost the Assembly elections in May as people did not like the decision. The Congress went on to form coalition government with the JD(S).