BENGALURU, BELAGAVI: Panchamasali Lingayat community’s agitation, which showed all signs of turning intense with each passing day, seems to have subsided for now with Kudalasangama pontiff Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swamiji calling off the protest on Thursday. Exhausted after a day’s fasting, the pontiff ended his protest after Panchamasali Lingayat leaders, including former minister CC Patil persuaded him to do so. The …
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 …
New Delhi: Karnataka chief minister Basavraj Bommai, who met Union home minister Amit Shah here on Monday, is all set to go all out on the quota issue as the Assembly elections draw near. However, the ruling party seemed to be controlling the narrative with BJP leaders leading the Panchamasali Lingayat community agitation, demanding a higher share in reservations. While …
