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 Lingayats that will disturb the backward classes. The previous Basavaraj Bommai government had scrapped 4 per cent quota for ‘backward’ Muslims under 2B, and shared 2 per cent each among Vokkaligas and Lingayats by creating 2C and 2D. “This incident should not have happened, and it’s now taking a political twist,” admitted a Congress leader from the Panchamasali Lingayat community.

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Panchamasalis back to square one
6 days, 19 hours 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 …

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 …

Does CM Siddaramaiah set Congress on a collision course with Lingayats?
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1 week, 1 day ago

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 …

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, …

Govt can't turn blind eye to public inconvenience: Siddaramaiah on lathi charge on Panchamasalis
1 week, 3 days ago

Govt can't turn blind eye to public inconvenience: Siddaramaiah on lathi charge on Panchamasalis

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday defended the lathi charge by police on the Panchamasali agitators, saying that the government cannot turn a blind eye if someone takes law into their hands and causes trouble to people. Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday reiterated that the Mahajan Commission Report is final regarding the border dispute involving Belagavi Several people including policemen …

Govt can't turn blind eye to public inconvenience: Siddaramaiah on lathi charge on Panchamasalis
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1 week, 3 days ago

Govt can't turn blind eye to public inconvenience: Siddaramaiah on lathi charge on Panchamasalis

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayapura: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday defended the lathi charge by police on the Panchamasali agitators, saying that the government cannot turn a blind eye if someone takes the law into their hands and causes trouble to people. Several people including policemen were injured when the demonstration by a section of people from the Panchamasali community turned violent, compelling …

BJP Slams Karnataka CM for Lathi Charge on Panchamasali Protesters
1 week, 3 days ago

BJP Slams Karnataka CM for Lathi Charge on Panchamasali Protesters

Deccan Chronicle  

Belagavi: BJP State President and MLA B.Y. Ambedkar statue outside Suvarna Soudha to condemn the police lathi charge on Panchamasali Lingayat activists, Vijayendra criticized the Chief Minister for not visiting the protest site to meet Swamijis and representatives of the farming community. Vijayendra demanded an explanation from the Chief Minister for the lathi charge and insisted on action against the …

Panchamasali protests intensify in Karnataka as BJP backs demand for 2A reservation demand
1 week, 4 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 …

'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 …

Seer calls Siddaramaiah anti-Lingayat, BJP demands apology for lathi charge
1 week, 4 days ago

Seer calls Siddaramaiah anti-Lingayat, BJP demands apology for lathi charge

India Today  

The seer of Panchamshali Peetha in Karnataka condemned Tuesday's lathi charge on Panchamshali Lingayat protesters in Belagavi, calling for a statewide road blockade. Tensions escalated on Tuesday when members of the Panchamshali Lingayat community staged a protest near the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, demanding reservation under the 2A category. Members of the Panchamshali Lingayat community protested near Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in …

Panchamasali seer alleges police instigated violence outside Suvarna Soudha; says stir will be intensified
1 week, 4 days ago

Panchamasali seer alleges police instigated violence outside Suvarna Soudha; says stir will be intensified

The Hindu  

A day after Panchamasali reservation agitation in Belagavi turned violent, Basava Jayamruthyunjaya Swami of the Kudalasangama Panchamasali Peetha, honorary president of the Panchamasali reservation agitation committee, denied the charge that members of the committee threw stones, damaged vehicles, and injured police personnel. He denied that the committee did not violate the High Court order that asked them to conduct a …

Karnataka: Panchamasali Lingayat reservation protests turns violent, police resorts to lathi-charge - WATCH
1 week, 6 days ago

Karnataka: Panchamasali Lingayat reservation protests turns violent, police resorts to lathi-charge - WATCH

Live Mint  

Demanding Panchamasali Lingayats' reservation, a large number of people gathered to demonstrate in Karnataka's Belagavi on Tuesday. The protestors breached the barricade laid by the police to lay siege to the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha where the Karnataka Legislative session is in progress. The agitation was led by Basava Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami who has been demanding the inclusion of Panchamasali community …

Panchamasali protest turns violent in Karnataka's Belagavi, HD Kumaraswamy attacks Congress govt
1 week, 6 days ago

Panchamasali protest turns violent in Karnataka's Belagavi, HD Kumaraswamy attacks Congress govt

Hindustan Times  

The protesters who have been demanding quota for the Panchamasali Lingayat community barged into Suvarna Vikasa Soudha in Karnataka's Belagavi, where the current assembly sessions are happening. The Panchamasalis, a sub-sect of the influential Lingayat community, have been advocating for inclusion under the 2A reservation category for the past three years. A few people at the protest site were The …

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 …

Siddaramaiah to present Supreme Court order on Panchamasali reservation in assembly
2 weeks 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 …

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: Panchamsalis relaunch 2A quota stir in Belagavi
1 year, 3 months ago

Karnataka: Panchamsalis relaunch 2A quota stir in Belagavi

Hindustan Times  

Panchamsalis, an influential sect in the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community launched its second-phase of state-wide agitation for 2A reservation and for inclusion in the OBC category in Belagavi district on Sunday. Addressing the gathering, the seer said the community was disappointed with the last Bharatiya Janata Party government for giving reservation to the community in the 2D category instead of 2A category …

Karnataka Results: Why Lingayats, a traditional BJP vote bank, picked Congress
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka Results: Why Lingayats, a traditional BJP vote bank, picked Congress

Firstpost  

The Congress is all set to form the next government in Karnataka after registering a thumping victory in the Assembly elections. Among everything that went wrong for the saffron party, the disenchantment of the Lingayat community is Lingayats have traditionally supported the BJP, while Vokkaligas have usually aligned with the Congress or JD. Earlier, Lingayats used to side with the …

Karnataka Elections 2023: Amit Shah slams Siddarmaiah, says his was the most corrupt govt in India
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka Elections 2023: Amit Shah slams Siddarmaiah, says his was the most corrupt govt in India

Firstpost  

Targeting Congress leader Siddaramaiah in his home constituency, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asked the people to decide between a leader who is about to retire and a future leader, as he assured to make BJP candidate V Somanna, “a big personality” if they make him an MLA. Stating that it was the BJP government led by Modi …

Shah plays Lingayat card against Siddaramaiah in Varuna constituency
1 year, 7 months ago

Shah plays Lingayat card against Siddaramaiah in Varuna constituency

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Campaigning for Bharatiya Janata Party nominee V. Somanna in Lingayat-dominated Varuna Assembly constituency here on Tuesday, BJP leader and Union Minister Amit Shah accused the Congress nominee and former chief minister Siddaramaiah of insulting the Lingayats by reportedly calling them "corrupt.” While V. Somanna is from the politically dominant Lingayat community, Siddaramaiah belongs to the Kuruba community. Amit Shah …

HC allows govt to decide on Panchamasali quota in Karnataka
1 year, 8 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’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 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 …

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 …

Who is stirring the caste cauldron in Karnataka?
3 years, 9 months ago

Who is stirring the caste cauldron in Karnataka?

Hindustan Times  

The last few months have seen a series of caste agitations in Karnataka demanding either greater reservation or to be included in some preferred category of Scheduled Tribe or Scheduled Caste status. What is interesting is that it is not just traditional backward communities like Idigas, Valmikis and Ganga Mathastas but dominant communities like Lingayats, Vokkaligas and Kurubas who are …

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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