Summary:
He runs a mutt at Gaudgaon village in Akkalkot taluka of Solapur district.Three Assembly segments - Akkalkot, South Solapur and Solapur North - of Solapur Lok Sabha constituency have decisive Lingayat voters. A meeting of Lingayat members last week warned that any spiritual leader who enters politics will face the community's wrath. Ambedkar had addressed a rally with All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaddudin Owaisi in Solapur, which generated considerable political buzz in Maharashtra Solapur has sizeable Muslim and Dalit population. The AIMIM also has shown growing influence in Solapur over the past few years. The seer, who enjoys cordial ties with the RSS and BJP leadership, is also one of those prominent Lingayat leaders who has opposed minority and separate religion status for the community.The BJP believes its traditional vote bank will be consolidated because of the seer..