Karnataka HC stays 2 new quota categories for Vokkaligas and Lingayats
1 year, 11 months ago

Karnataka HC stays 2 new quota categories for Vokkaligas and Lingayats

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka high court on Thursday ordered an interim stay on the state government’s decision to create a separate OBC category for Vokkaligas and Lingayats and provide reservations in education and government jobs. A division bench headed by chief justice PB Varale stayed the new categories and asked the government to maintain the status quo in the matter of OBC reservations. The two dominant communities -- Vokkaliga and Panchamasalis -- which are in 3A and 3B categories have been demanding reservations under 2A status, and the government decided to abolish 3A and 3B categories. In the recently concluded winter session of the state assembly in Belagavi, the government announced the creation of two new categories: 2C and 2D, to include the Lingayats and Vokkaligas in the reservations.

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Panchamasalis back to square one
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Panchamasalis back to square one

The Hindu  

Last week, Lingayat-Panchamasali activists protested before the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi of north Karnataka, where the winter session of the legislature was being held. The protest demanding the community’s inclusion under the 2-A category of the Other Backward Classes reservation list turned violent. The then Secretary of Backward Classes filed an affidavit in this petition before the Karnataka High …

Failure to handle Panchamasali stir in Karnataka could cost Congress in long run
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Failure to handle Panchamasali stir in Karnataka could cost Congress in long run

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The failure to handle the Panchamasali Lingayat community’s stir demanding the 2A tag, that resulted in violence, including stone throwing and police ‘lathicharge’ on protesters in Belagavi, is likely to have its own ramifications on the ruling Congress government, as part of North Karnataka is engulfed in protests. “Being a Kuruba community icon, Siddaramaiah is unlikely to include Panchamasali …

Panchamasali protests intensify in Karnataka as BJP backs demand for 2A reservation demand
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Panchamasali protests intensify in Karnataka as BJP backs demand for 2A reservation demand

Hindustan Times  

The protests by Panchamasali Lingayat community demanding their inclusion in the 2A category of Other Backward Castes intensified on Thursday with the BJP backing them. Police in action against protestors who tried to barge into Suvarna Vikasa Soudha during their protest demanding quota for the Panchamasali Lingayat community, in Belagavi, Tuesday. The Panchamasali Lingayat community led by the pontiff of …

Lingayat Panchamasali Protest Demands 2A Reservation Clarity
1 month ago

Lingayat Panchamasali Protest Demands 2A Reservation Clarity

Deccan Chronicle  

Belagavi: Lingayat Panchamasali Seer Basavajaya Mrityunjay Swamiji announced that the protest demanding 2A reservation for the Panchamasali community will be held as scheduled on December 10. “We will commence the ‘Panchamasali Sangharsha Samavesha’ at the venue in front of Suvarna Soudha premises at 10 am, and the program will continue until 1 pm. If the Chief Minister hands us the …

Siddaramaiah to present Supreme Court order on Panchamasali reservation in assembly
1 month ago

Siddaramaiah to present Supreme Court order on Panchamasali reservation in assembly

India Today  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced that the Supreme Court’s order and the affidavit filed by the previous BJP-led government regarding the Panchamasali community’s demand for 2A reservation will be presented in the state assembly during the ongoing winter session at Suvarna Soudha, Belagavi. Addressing the assembly on Monday, Siddaramaiah responded to concerns raised by the Opposition about the long-standing …

Karnataka government mulls 4% Muslim quota in government tenders, BJP slams move: Report
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka government mulls 4% Muslim quota in government tenders, BJP slams move: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka government, led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, is considering a proposal to introduce 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in government contracts for civil works valued up to ₹1 crore, Deccan Herald reported. According to the report, Karnataka currently provides a reservation of 43 per cent in government contracts: 24 per cent for SC/ST contractors, 4 per cent for …

NCBC recommends increase in reservation quota for OBCs in West Bengal, Punjab
7 months, 3 weeks ago

NCBC recommends increase in reservation quota for OBCs in West Bengal, Punjab

The Hindu  

The National Commission for Backward Classes has recommended an increase in the reservation quota for Other Backward Classes in public employment in Punjab and West Bengal. Reservation quota for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes is 22%, 6% and 17% respectively in respect of services and posts under the control of West Bengal in establishments run or aided …

Why and how Muslims were given quotas under OBC reservation in Karnataka
8 months, 1 week ago

Why and how Muslims were given quotas under OBC reservation in Karnataka

The Hindu  

May 03, 2024 09:00 am | Updated 10:08 am IST - Bengaluru Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a poll rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha constituency on April 23, accused the Congress of “snatching the reservation of SCs, STs and OBCs and providing it to Muslims through the backdoor”, tying it up with his charge that “Congress would redistribute …

Why is Karnataka government at centre of controversy over Muslim reservation in OBC quota? Know here
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Why is Karnataka government at centre of controversy over Muslim reservation in OBC quota? Know here

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress-led Karnataka government has caught itself at the Centre of a controversy for including all castes and communities of Muslims in the Other Backward Classes category. Castes in this category are entitled for 15 per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions. With this move, the government has made provision for Muslim reservation from …

NCBC to summon Karnataka Chief Secretary over Muslim OBC quota
8 months, 2 weeks ago

NCBC to summon Karnataka Chief Secretary over Muslim OBC quota

The Hindu  

National Commission for Backward Classes Chairperson Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on April 24 said the Commission is going to summon the Chief Secretary of the Karnataka government over the State’s categorisation of the Other Backward Classes quota, which provides for “blanket reservation” to Muslims under Category II-B. Mr. Ahir said the Commission has been evaluating OBC reservations in Karnataka and in …

Panchamasalis to relaunch agitation through convention in Kalaburagi on March 12
10 months ago

Panchamasalis to relaunch agitation through convention in Kalaburagi on March 12

The Hindu  

With the Lok Sabha polls on the anvil, the Panchamasali Lingayat Reservation Agitation Committee has planned to re-launch an agitation through its mega convention in Kalaburagi on March 12, to press for its long-pending demand for inclusion under Category 2A and bringing all Lingayat sub-castes under central OBCs list. Committee president Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swami of Kudalasangama Panchamasali Peeth told …

Karnataka notifies 10% EWS quota on the eve of election
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka notifies 10% EWS quota on the eve of election

The Hindu  

March 30, 2023 09:53 pm | Updated April 03, 2023 11:57 am IST - Bengaluru Days after scrapping the 2B Category for Muslims under the OBC quota and on the eve of the announcement of the Assembly elections, the Karnataka government notified the Economically Weaker Section category to provide 10% reservation in education and employment. The order issued on March …

Explained | Why and how was the 4% reservation for Muslims under the OBC category scrapped in Karnataka?
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | Why and how was the 4% reservation for Muslims under the OBC category scrapped in Karnataka?

The Hindu  

The story so far: At the Cabinet meeting in Karnataka on Friday, the BJP government did away with the nearly three-decade-old 4% reservation for Muslims in the Other Backward Classes category and distributed it equally among the Veerashaiva-Lingayats and Vokkaligas, two dominant land-owning communities in the State, at 2% each. The Cabinet decided to exclude Muslims from the OBC category …

Karnataka Reservation Row: A Look at Significance of Lingayats, Vokkaligas in the State Ahead of Polls
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka Reservation Row: A Look at Significance of Lingayats, Vokkaligas in the State Ahead of Polls

News 18  

In a bid to woo Lingayats and Vokkaligas, the two powerful dominant communities of Karnataka ahead of the assembly elections which are due in May, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday unveiled the statues of 12th century social reformer and Lingayat sect founder Lord Basaveshwara and Bengaluru founder Kempe Gowda at Vidhana Soudha, the Karnataka seat of power. Earlier, …

Karnataka govt scraps 4% Muslim quota, divides it between Vokkaligas and Lingayats ahead of Assembly polls
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka govt scraps 4% Muslim quota, divides it between Vokkaligas and Lingayats ahead of Assembly polls

India TV News  

Karnataka Muslims reservation: Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, the Karnataka government decided to scrap the 4% reservation for Other Backward Classes Muslims in jobs and education. In a cabinet meeting on Friday, the state government also took the decision to divide the 4% OBC quota between two dominant communities of the poll-bound state - Vokkaligas and Lingayats. The existing …

Karnataka govt. scraps Muslim quota of 4%, increases quota of Lingayats and Vokkaligas by 2% each
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka govt. scraps Muslim quota of 4%, increases quota of Lingayats and Vokkaligas by 2% each

The Hindu  

In what could be a game changer ahead of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections scheduled in April-May this year, the ruling BJP government has scrapped the reservation of 4% given to Muslims in Karnataka under 2B of Other Backward Classes category and distributed it to two dominant communities — Veerashaiva-Lingayats and Vokkaligas — at 2% each in jobs and admissions …

HC allows govt to decide on Panchamasali quota in Karnataka
1 year, 9 months ago

HC allows govt to decide on Panchamasali quota in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

The high court on Thursday allowed the Karnataka government to decide on the reservation for the Panchamasali Lingayat sub-sect while directing the state not to disturb the constitutionally guaranteed quota to other communities in the existing category 2A of the caste-based reservation list. The high court on Thursday allowed the Karnataka government to decide on the reservation for the Panchamasali …

Karnataka High Court Permits Govt To Take A Decision On Panchamasali Lingayat Reservation
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka High Court Permits Govt To Take A Decision On Panchamasali Lingayat Reservation

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday permitted the State government to decide on reservation for Panchamasali Lingayat sub-sect. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Ashok S Kinagi vacated the status quo order dated January 12, by which it had directed the state government to not act on the interim report of the Karnataka State Commission …

Karnataka’s Panchamasalis Set Deadline for BJP to Grant Quota, Warns of Tough Steps Ahead of Polls
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka’s Panchamasalis Set Deadline for BJP to Grant Quota, Warns of Tough Steps Ahead of Polls

News 18  

Karnataka’s Panchamasali Lingayat – the sub-sect of the Lingayat community — has set the March 15 deadline to accord the reservation, failing which the pontiff of Panchamasali Peetha, Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swami, who is also leading the quota agitation, will temporarily halt the protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru and take the matter to people’s court in all 224 assembly constituencies …

Demand for Separate Lingayat Religion Crops Up Again in Poll-Bound K'taka, Seers Threaten to Protest
1 year, 10 months ago

Demand for Separate Lingayat Religion Crops Up Again in Poll-Bound K'taka, Seers Threaten to Protest

News 18  

Amid increased pressure on the government for a hike in reservation from various communities, the Lingayats have demanded that the Basavaraj Bommai government request the Centre to accord them a separate Lingayat status. Addressing the media, Channabasavananda Swami of Akhila Bharata Lingayat Samanvaya said now that the BJP is in power in both the state and Centre, chief minister Basavaraj …

Karnataka cabinet decides to create two new categories of OBC to accommodate Lingayat, Vokkaliga communities
2 years ago

Karnataka cabinet decides to create two new categories of OBC to accommodate Lingayat, Vokkaliga communities

India TV News  

Lingayat Reservation Row: The Karnataka government has decided to move Lingayats and Vokkaligas communities from category 3 to 2 in order to find a solution to the reservation issue. But after the government decided to move Lingayat and Vokkaligas from category 3 to 2 and as per the interim report of the State Backward Classes, the cabinet has created two …

Karnataka CM Bommai discusses reservation, cabinet expansion with JP Nadda, Amit Shah
2 years ago

Karnataka CM Bommai discusses reservation, cabinet expansion with JP Nadda, Amit Shah

India Today  

Karnataka chief minister Basvaraj Bommai, after consulting with the Bharatiya Janata Party high command in Delhi on the issue of reservations, said that the top brass had told him to give justice to everyone who needed it. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai met BJP president JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday in Delhi and discussed various issues …

Everyone Wants A Slice of Karnataka's Quota Pie, But Does Ruling BJP Have Right Recipe? News18 Explains
2 years ago

Everyone Wants A Slice of Karnataka's Quota Pie, But Does Ruling BJP Have Right Recipe? News18 Explains

News 18  

With the elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh over, the Bharatiya Janata Party has its target set on its southern bastion Karnataka, which will have elections in a few months. Though Karnataka’s political landscape has been dotted with several chief ministers from the Lingayat community like S Nijalignappa, SR Bommai, JH Patel, BS Yediyurappa, Jagdish Shettar, and Basavaraj Bommai, the …

OBC reservation in India: History, state-wise quota, legal challenges, tussle for local body polls
2 years, 7 months ago

OBC reservation in India: History, state-wise quota, legal challenges, tussle for local body polls

The Hindu  

The story so far: Last week, the Maharashtra government had a setback when the Supreme Court directed the State to release the schedule for local civic polls across the state within two weeks, upholding its stay on reservations for Other Backward Classes. Local body elections in Maharashtra have been on hold since the apex Court stayed the 27 per cent …

Rohini Commission for OBC Sub-categorisation Proposes Division of 27% Quota Into 2, 6, 9 & 10%
3 years, 10 months ago

Rohini Commission for OBC Sub-categorisation Proposes Division of 27% Quota Into 2, 6, 9 & 10%

News 18  

In 2017, the Narendra Modi government constituted the Justice Rohini Commission to examine the sub-categorisation of the Other Backward Classes to examine the equitable redistribution of the 27% quota for the Other Backward Castes, which will now reportedly begin consultations with the states on a four-category formula. According to the reply in Lok Sabha, the Commission was set up in …

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