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BJP chief Amit Shah and the party’s CM candidate BS Yeddyurappa have garlanded a Basaveshwara Statue in Bengaluru, a gesture to be repeated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in London later in the day. Karnataka is celebrating Basava Jayanti today and parties have lined up such symbolic events with an eye on the powerful Lingayat votes.

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