How the BJP and Congress vie to woo Lingayats and Vokkaligas
The BJP has gone so far as to name over 100 candidates from these two communities, with 60 seats allocated to Lingayats and 43 to Vokkaligas. In addition to representation in its potential government, the BJP has also recently ousted Muslims from the OBC reservation quota (four percent) and co-opted Vokkaligas and Lingayats into it by carving out two new reservation categories for these castes.
