Karnataka | Denial of Cabinet berth disappoints Banjara community legislators, leaders
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka | Denial of Cabinet berth disappoints Banjara community legislators, leaders

The Hindu  

Congress legislators and leaders belonging to the Banjara community have been disappointed by the denial of a Cabinet berth in the Congress government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Leaders of the Banjara/Lambani community told The Hindu on Sunday that 90% of the community voters supported the Congress in the Assembly elections following injustice meted out to the community by the BJP government led by Basavaraj Bommai which announced internal quota for the Scheduled Castes in the State. The Congress has only two legislators — Rudrappa Lamani, MLA, and Prakash Rathod, MLC — belonging to the Banjara community. Sources said, AICC president M. Mallikarjun Kharge played a role in denying a ministerial berth to the Banjara community, which is believed to have played a role in his defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Kalaburagi.

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