Within the wake of the Karnataka authorities’s resolution to hike reservation for SC/ST communities, Vokkaligas within the state have now raised the demand to extend the reservation for his or her group to 12 per cent. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, in the meantime, stated Tuesday that the federal government can solely act primarily based on the suggestions of the courts and the Backward Lessons Fee.
Outstanding Vokkaliga seer Swami Nirmalanandanatha of Adichunchanagiri mutt stated that although Vokkaligas comprise 16 per cent of the state’s inhabitants, reservation for the group was solely 4 per cent.
“We had not raised the demand to hike our reservation as we have been conscious that the ceiling was set at 50 per cent. If the federal government is keen to breach the restrict and supply reservation, let the state enhance it for Vokkaligas too – from 4 per cent to 12 per cent,” the seer stated.
He was referring to the latest announcement by the state authorities to hike the reservation for SC/ST communities in Karnataka, which took the full reservation within the state to 56 per cent. Reservation for scheduled castes (SC) was elevated from 15 to 17 per cent and for scheduled tribes (ST) from three to seven per cent.
Bommai, responding to the calls for by Vokkaligas, stated there was nothing fallacious in looking for a hike in reservation. “However there are authorized restrictions and a number of other judgments of courts. There’s additionally a everlasting Backward Lessons Fee,” he stated, noting that the federal government can solely act primarily based on the suggestions of the courts and the fee.
Swami Nirmalanandanatha stated that the group was keen to combat for a hike in reservation. “Vokkaligas must be prepared to affix the battle when Swamiji requires it,” he stated.
That is among the many rising record of calls for of varied communities to hike reservation or alter their reservation standing in Karnataka. Prominently, Valmikis (ST) have sought 7.5 per cent reservation, whereas Panchamsalis (a sect of the highly effective Lingayat group) have been demanding that the federal government embrace them underneath the ‘2A’ reservation class meant for Different Backward Lessons (OBC). Equally, Kurubas too had launched a short-lived marketing campaign demanding that they be added to the ST record.
In March 2021, the Karnataka authorities had fashioned a panel underneath former excessive courtroom choose Justice Subhash B Adi to look at all reservation calls for that might result in modifications in Karnataka’s reservation matrix.
Bommai is anticipated to journey to Delhi this week the place he’ll take up the state authorities’s resolution to hike the reservation for SC/STs. The Karnataka authorities is planning to extend the reservation for these communities by impressing upon the Central Authorities the necessity to amend the Structure for a similar.