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K'taka CM insulted Panchamasali Lingayats by calling quota fight unconstitutional, says seer

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 …

Constitution Minister Siddaramaiah Seer Panchamasali 2A Category

Protests by members of Panchamasali intensify in Belagavi

Hindustan Times

The Panchamasali reservation committee members and other community organisations on Thursday held several rallies in Belagavi district against Tuesday’s police lathi charge on demonstrators. Issuing a warning, he said, “If I give the call, 25 to 50 lakh Panchamasali Lingayats are ready to lay siege to the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi.” On Wednesday, the Hirebagewadi police registered a suo …

Community Mla Siddaramaiah Belagavi Seer Panchamasali

1 week, 4 days ago

Panchamasali agitation: Karnataka Minister Santosh Lad denies allegations of ‘planned’ lathi charge

The Hindu

Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad has denied allegations that the State government had planned a lathi charge on the activists who participated in the Panchamasali reservation agitation committee protest in Belagavi on Tuesday. To a query by reporters, he said that this was among the few baseless allegations made by Sri Basava Jaya Mrutyunjay Swami, honourary president of the committee. …

Lad Lathi Charge Denies Allegations

1 week, 4 days ago

Members of Panchamasali community protest in parts of Belagavi, block national highway for half an hour

The Hindu

Panchamasali reservation committee and other community organisations held protest rallies in some places in Belagavi district condemning the police lathi charge against the committee members in Belagavi on Tuesday. Sri Basava Jaya Mrutyunjay Swami, head of the Panchamasali peetha and honourary president of the committee, alleged that the CM had ordered the lathi charge only to insult the community and …

Charge Protest Siddaramaiah Belagavi Lathi Our Demands Panchamasali Community

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 …

Karnataka Lingayat Protest Siddaramaiah 2A Reservation Panchamsali Seer

1 week, 5 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 …

Bjp Siddaramaiah Seer Lathi Charge 2A Reservation Panchamshali Lingayat

1 week, 5 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 …

Protest Panchamasali

1 week, 6 days ago

Lingayats protest demanding 2A reservation

Deccan Chronicle

Belagavi: Police resorted to a lathi charge on Tuesday to disperse protesters demanding 2A reservation for Panchamasali Lingayats after they attempted to storm the Suvarna Soudha during the ongoing winter session of the state legislature. The protest, organized under the banner of Panchamasali Sangharsha Samavesha, was led by Lingayat Panchamasali Seer Basavajaya Mrityunjaya Swamiji and held near the Suvarna Soudha …

Charge Swamiji Lathi Protest Demanding 2A Reservation

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 …

Community Reservation State Bjp Nda Obc Belagavi

3 years, 10 months ago

Basanagouda Patil Yatnal acting as B Team of Congress, say 2 Karnataka ministers

Hindustan Times

Two senior ministers of the Karnataka government on Monday hit out at the backers of an ongoing campaign by the Panchamasalis, a sub-sect of the Lingayat community, for 2A category reservation status that would entitle them to 15% reservation in government jobs and college seats, saying they wanted to advance their own political ambitions. Karnataka ministers CC Patil and Murugesh …

Community Karnataka Lingayat Congress Reservation Ministers Minister

3 years, 10 months ago

Quota reservation demand puts Karnataka CM in a fix

India Today

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has been under tremendous pressure from various communities in the state that are demanding better quota reservation. At present, Panchamasali Lingayats are seeking Category 2A status, Kurubas are seeking a Schedule Tribe tag and the Valmiki community is seeking a hike in reservation from 3.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent. Karnataka Chief Minister Yediyurappa, …

Bengaluru Lingayat Demand Bjp Minister Quota Yediyurappa

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K'taka CM insulted Panchamasali Lingayats by calling quota fight unconstitutional, says seer

Protests by members of Panchamasali intensify in Belagavi

Panchamasali agitation: Karnataka Minister Santosh Lad denies allegations of ‘planned’ lathi charge

Members of Panchamasali community protest in parts of Belagavi, block national highway for half an hour

'Siddaramaiah is anti-Lingayat': Seer slams Karnataka CM amid 2A reservation issue

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

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

Lingayats protest demanding 2A reservation

Karnataka: Panchamsalis relaunch 2A quota stir in Belagavi

Basanagouda Patil Yatnal acting as B Team of Congress, say 2 Karnataka ministers

Quota reservation demand puts Karnataka CM in a fix