Shamanur Shivashankarappa  

In a response to former CM Siddaramaiah’s statement on Lingayats, another senior Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa said he tried to split Hinduism and reasserted that Lingayats and Veerashaivas were two faces of the same coin

 

Senior Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is afraid of Mallikarjun Kharge.  Though it might be pleasing to many Congressmen, they will surely be wary of the senior leader as he is known to speak his mind, even if it means incurring the wrath of his own party members

amesh Jarkiholi, who is the municipalities and urban local bodies minister, his brother, MLA Satish Jarkiholi, SR Patil, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, Siddu Nyamagouda and Eshwar Khandre. BJP leaders Umesh Katti and Prabhakar Kore own sugar mills, too. Ramesh Jarkiholi-owned sugar mill has to pay Rs 19 crore to sugarcane growers.