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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, …

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 …

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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 …

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

Panchamasalis stopped from storming Suvarna Soudha during quota protest

The police had to resort to lathi-charge to disperse members of the Panchamasali Reservation Agitation Committee who tried to storm the Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi on Tuesday. The police stopped several groups led by community leaders Sri Basava Jaya Mrutyunjay Swami, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Iranna Kadadi and Arvind Bellad that tried to forcefully enter the Suvarna Soudha. Panchamasali protesters try …

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Senior officials said in Belagavi on Tuesday that the police used force to stop activists of the Panchamasali Reservation Agitation Committee from storming the Suvarna Soudha. Senior officers, including Inspector-General of Police Vikas Kumar Vikas, Police Commissioner Iada Martin Marbaniang, Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan and Superintendent of Police Bheemashankar Guled, told reporters in the police headquarters here on Tuesday that …

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 …

Belagavi: Lingayat Panchamasali Seer Basavajaya Mrityunjay Swamiji announced that the protest demanding 2A reservation for the Panchamasali community will be held as scheduled on December 10. “We will commence the ‘Panchamasali Sangharsha Samavesha’ at the venue in front of Suvarna Soudha premises at 10 am, and the program will continue until 1 pm. If the Chief Minister hands us the …