Seer stirs BJP’s troubled Lingayat waters, queers pitch for Union Minister Pralhad Joshi
A prominent Lingayat seer from Dharwad in Karnataka is turning out to be a major headache for Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, and Coal and Mines, Pralhad Joshi. On Monday, Fakir Dingaleshwara Swami, the pontiff of Shirahatti and Balehosur Bhavaikyatha Sanstana Mutt, announced his decision to contest as an Independent from Dharwad, Joshi’s pocketborough.