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Devendrappa is an Idiga, Murthy a Scheduled Caste and Ujjani Gowda a Vokkaliga, the sources said.
Profiles of members of the Karnataka State committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) Abhay N 2006
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Devendrappa is an Idiga, Murthy a Scheduled Caste and Ujjani Gowda a Vokkaliga, the sources said.
Archive 2006-12-01 Abhay N 2006
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Rashtrakavi Kuvempu; former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, external affairs minister SM Krishna, celebrated film director Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, actor-politician Ambarish, father of horticulture in India MH Marigowda … the list of Vokkaliga leaders who have shaped our destiny is endless.
Analysis 2010
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They may be asked to concentrate on the Vokkaliga community vote bank, sources said.
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They may be asked to concentrate on the Vokkaliga community vote bank, sources said.
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People from the Vokkaliga caste group are referred to as Gowdas, and they make an impressive number in the state.
Analysis 2010
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For Deve Gowda's Janata Dal (S), however, these elections have limited interest, as its presence is limited to half-a-dozen seats in the Vokkaliga belt in the southern part of the state.
unknown title 2009
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It was evident, when the Adi Chunchunagiri Mutt, the Vokkaliga sect's religious entity, virtually a creation of former Prime Minister, HD Deve Gowda, in the early 1980s, had BJP President Rajnath Singh inaugurating its Varanasi branch in the third week of April.
unknown title 2009
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MYSORE: Even as an independent candidate from Sengottai in Tamil Nadu is contesting from the Vokkaliga-dominated Mandya parliamentary constituency to protect the interests of farmers in the Cauvery Basin, the Federation of Chamarajanagar District Kannada Organisations (FCDKO) has fielded its candidate in the Nilgiris parliamentary constituency in Tamil Nadu to safeguard the interests of Kannadigas there.
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But with constituencies now redrawn, the once traditional Brahmin stronghold now has extra Vokkaliga voters - the reason why the Congress has gone in for a newer name - Krishna Byregowda, a young MLA with a clean image, considered close to Rahul Gandhi.
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