Does CM Siddaramaiah set Congress on a collision course with Lingayats?
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Does CM Siddaramaiah set Congress on a collision course with Lingayats?

New Indian Express  

Wittingly or unwittingly, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has set the Congress on a collision course with the Lingayat community in Karnataka. The Government’s brash handling of the Panchamsali Lingayats’ agitation and the community seer’s call for intensifying the movement indicates that it could cause more bad blood. Members of the Karnataka State Backward Castes Federation have urged the CM not to consider the Panchamsali community request as it would undermine those communities in the 2A category of reservation benefits. Senior Congress leader and legislator Laxman Savadi’s impassioned call for MLAs from ruling and opposition parties to work together to resolve the issue showed their predicament.

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K'taka CM insulted Panchamasali Lingayats by calling quota fight unconstitutional, says seer
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1 week, 1 day ago

K'taka CM insulted Panchamasali Lingayats by calling quota fight unconstitutional, says seer

New Indian Express  

BELAGAVI: Basava Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami of Kudalasangama has said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has insulted the Panchamasali Lingayats by calling their agitation for reservation under the 2A category unconstitutional. The seer said that by calling their agitation unconstitutional, the Chief Minister has insulted Basvanna by insulting the community members. will not suit Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is also a law …

Panchamasali quota stir: CM Siddaramaiah rules out changes, urges community to approach BC panel
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1 week, 2 days ago

Panchamasali quota stir: CM Siddaramaiah rules out changes, urges community to approach BC panel

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has stated that no changes will be made to the existing 2A and 2B reservation categories, referencing a directive from the Jayaprakash Hegde-led Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission during the previous BJP government’s rule, Deccan Herald reported. 'Government can't turn blind eye to public inconvenience' Siddaramaiah on Tuesday defended the lathi charge by police on the …

Police action on Panchamasalis to control law and order: Sidda
1 week, 2 days ago

Police action on Panchamasalis to control law and order: Sidda

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that action against the protestors demanding reservation for Panchamasali community was justified, asserting that the government cannot tolerate actions that disrupt public order. “The government has no problem with the Panchamasali community demanding reservation under the 2A category and agitating, but the protest should be peaceful. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had opposed Panchamasali Lingayat …

Govt has no objection to Panchamasali community's demand for quota: Siddaramaiah
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1 week, 2 days ago

Govt has no objection to Panchamasali community's demand for quota: Siddaramaiah

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayapura: Clarifying that the government has no objections to the Panchamasali community's demand for reservation under Category 2A, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the agitation must remain lawful and orderly. Addressing BJP’s allegations that the police resorted to stone-pelting during the Panchamasali community’s march to Suvarna Soudha, the Chief Minister denied the claims. Reacting to statements made by Jayamruthyunjaya Swamiji, …

Failure to handle Panchamasali stir in Karnataka could cost Congress in long run
1 week, 3 days 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 …

'Siddaramaiah is anti-Lingayat': Seer slams Karnataka CM amid 2A reservation issue
1 week, 4 days ago

'Siddaramaiah is anti-Lingayat': Seer slams Karnataka CM amid 2A reservation issue

Hindustan Times  

A Lingayat Panchamsali seer has labeled Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as "anti-Lingayat," asserting that no previous government had treated the community this way during their peaceful protests over the past four years. According to Deccan Herald, Basav Jaymritunjay Swamiji of Panchamsali Peetha, Kudalasangama, said Siddaramaiah was misleading the public about inviting Lingayat Panchamsali leaders for talks on the 2A reservation …

CM to present BJP affidavit, SC order on Panchamasali quota
1 week, 6 days ago

CM to present BJP affidavit, SC order on Panchamasali quota

Hindustan Times  

Chaos erupted during the Karnataka assembly winter session, which commenced on Monday, over the Panchamasali Lingayat community’s demand for inclusion under the 2A reservation category dominating discussions. BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil, centre, during the Winter session of Karanataka Assembly, at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, in Belagavi district, Karnataka, on Monday The Panchamasali community, a subsect of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat group, has been …

Panchamasalis to relaunch agitation through convention in Kalaburagi on March 12
9 months, 2 weeks 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’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 …

BJP in Fix as Karnataka Sees Fresh Lingayat Stir, Seers Blame BSY Son for 'Misguiding' Ex-CM on Quota
3 years, 3 months ago

BJP in Fix as Karnataka Sees Fresh Lingayat Stir, Seers Blame BSY Son for 'Misguiding' Ex-CM on Quota

News 18  

Karnataka seems headed for another agitation demanding better reservation by the dominant Lingayat community, the primary votebank of the BJP, barely six months after the first one. Seers from the Panchamsali sub-sect of the community, who form almost 70 per cent of all Lingayats, are launching a month-long campaign to pressure the government for reservation under the 2A OBC quota. …

Panchamsali and Kuruba caste groups demand increase in percentage of quota in Karnataka
3 years, 9 months ago

Panchamsali and Kuruba caste groups demand increase in percentage of quota in Karnataka

The Hindu  

THE past few months have witnessed a heightened demand by some caste and sub-caste groups in Karnataka for a share in the reservation pie. Religious leaders of two caste groups, Panchamsalis and Kurubas, have been spearheading movements to demand an increase in the percentage of reservation for the respective communities in the total reservation for Other Backward Classes. Panchamsali is …

BJP MLAs from Panchamasali Lingayat community extend support to CM Yediyurappa amid reservation row
3 years, 10 months ago

BJP MLAs from Panchamasali Lingayat community extend support to CM Yediyurappa amid reservation row

India Today  

Several ministers and MLAs belonging to the Panchamasali sub-sect of the Lingayat community came together to show their support for Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on the reservation issue. This comes after a mega rally took place on Sunday at the Palace Ground in the city where seers along with MLAs came forward to demand that their community gets the 2A …

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