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 …
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 …
