Lingayat seers want minister to quit

They said it was not proper on the part of Shivakumar to use the issue of faith for personal gains, they added.

Lingayat mutt heads from the district on Saturday demanded that Minister D K Shivakumar should resign over his apology on the separate religion issue. They said he made these remarks for political gain.

"Protest will become inevitable if the minister does not apologise," a group of pontiffs told a press conference here.

They said it was not proper on the part of Shivakumar to use the issue of faith for personal gains, they added.