Question Hour: Will the Lingayat issue be the dominating force in the upcoming Karnataka elections?

Question Hour: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah spoke out on the Lingayat issue and said, "We will not allow the division of Veerashaiva-Lingayat communities.Do not worry, seers … We will not allow the use of religion for politics. I am not here to do politics. I am here to take your blessings. I want to assure you that there won’t be any success in dividing the religion. This responsibility is not yours, but ours. As long as the BJP is there, irrespective of which government is in power that there will not be any division in the society. The party is committed to it” Shah said during an interaction with Veerashaiva seers in Badami on Tuesday. The question which arises now is that will the Lingayat issue be the dominating force in the upcoming Karnataka elections?