I have no political intent. There has been a demand from the community. I made a commitment to them and I have carried that out. I did not establish the Lingayat religion or the demand for it. It was established by Basaveshwara in the 12th century.That is not my intention. This is an initiative taken up by sections of Lingayats. The government has done what can be done under the law. We are not interested in whether Yeddyurappa is going to lose his community votes or not.Who is calling me that? Amit Shah. What is he? A Jain. Is Jainism not another religion? I am Hindu, but I am a secular Hindu. BJP leaders are communal Hindus.Only those who follow Basaveshwara’s philosophy and pray to an ishta linga (the soul as god) are Lingayats. I follow Basava philosophy, but I am Hindu.AHINDA is not a caste. It is a class of people who are backward. There are over 1,000 castes in AHINDA. I have not given a single caste based programme.My government is celebrating 27 jayantis. Are Devara Dasimayya, Kanakadasa, Maharshi Valmiki, Devara Dasimayya, Lord Krishna and Kempegowda Hindu or not? Tipu Jayanti is only one of them. Why didn’t the BJP celebrate Lord Krishna’s Jayanti?The loan waiver I did, the Krishi Bhagya programme, the Raitha Belaku programme – who benefits from this? The Vokkaligas and all the other farming communities. How can they say I didn’t do anything for them?Uttar Pradesh had to do it because the Prime Minister promised it ahead of the assembly election. I have sent officers to find out how effective it has been. The waiver in Maharashtra is conditional and not effective. Why else do you think farmers did that long march against it? If I have to waive all farm loans in Karnataka, we will need Rs 52,000 crore and the state exchequer cannot stand that kind of a burden. Shouldn’t the central government help out in this situation? (Former PM from the Congress ) Manmohan Singh did it.It was Ramakrishna Hegde who made me the chairman of the Kannada Kavalu (protection) Samithi and then a minister. It is him that I should remember. I met Gowda only after I became a minister. I went with him. He made me finance minister, yes, but all of us made him chief minister. He expelled me from his party, it is not correct to think I left him. He would never have allowed me to be the CM as long as his sons were around.Uttar Pradesh has a population of 22 crore, we have 6.5 crore. Our contribution to central taxes is about 10 per cent, theirs is not that much. But they get more. It is injustice. Along with socio-economic parameters and population, the contribution to taxes and collection by various states should also be a guideline.I am Indian. I have no objection to anyone learning or speaking in Hindi or in any other language. I am only against the imposition of Hindi on us. Our language is Kannada and it should have primacy in our state.There is no anti-incumbency. Our governance has met the aspirations of the people. We will win a simple majority without any problem. I am telling everyone that a vote for the JD(S) is a vote for the BJP, and asking people to give us a majority.I firmly believe all secular forces should come together against the BJP. I also think our (Karnataka) election will have a bearing on the 2019 elections.The Janata Dal (S) is a dynastic party. Every decision is taken only by the family. The Congress is headed by the Nehru family, yes, but decisions are taken by the entire working committee and other leaders. Party workers in Varuna assembly have suggested my son’s name as he is looking after my constituency.