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 …
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 …
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 …
The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday is said to have informally discussed the demand for higher reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for the Panchamasali Lingayat community even as Panchamsali leader and BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal said that the state has “agreed to accord reservation to the community after the formalities are completed on December 29.” Panchamasali Lingayat community …