Amid protest by the Panchamasali neighborhood demanding reservation below 2A of the Different Backward Lessons (OBC) class continues, members of the Balija neighborhood are planning a rally demanding reservation below the identical class.
Honorary president of the Balija Affiliation, HA Venkatesh, mentioned that the members of the Balija neighborhood have introduced that they are going to maintain the ‘Balija Sankalpa Yatra’ in Bengaluru on Friday demanding reservations.
“Below the prevailing system, most communities within the backward courses are clubbed below the ‘2A’ class, however we’re witnessing a shift with many communities being categorised below the ‘3A’ class regardless of no official suggestion. This has drastically affected members of the Balija neighborhood,” Venkatesh informed the media.
In line with the chief, 5,000 members of the Balija neighborhood from Mysuru and Chamarajanagar will attain Bengaluru to participate within the rally, and the members will submit a memorandum to chief minister Basavaraj Bommai citing their calls for.
This isn’t the primary protest by the neighborhood in January by members of the Balija neighborhood at Freedom Park with demand reservation. The Balija neighborhood had a reservation below the 2A class for a few years. Nonetheless, the state authorities shifted the classification from 2A to 3A in 1994 as a consequence of stress from different communities with political affect.
There are over 4 million voters of the Balija neighborhood throughout the state, and we play a decisive function in additional than 54 Meeting constituencies.
Panchamasali neighborhood leaders have already written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming the neighborhood has misplaced belief in chief minister Basavaraj Bommai and demanded a quota below 2A. The seer mentioned that with the federal government dragging its ft on the calls for of the neighborhood, the central authorities has to intervene within the matter.
Jaya Mruthyunjaya, the seer of Kudalasangama mutt, who’s on an indefinite protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru, mentioned that the Karnataka authorities has failed to handle the neighborhood’s considerations.
Within the letter, the seer claimed they misplaced confidence in Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. “Now we have no belief in Bommai and BSY, who made false guarantees and tried to mislead our agitation,” the assertion launched by the seer learn.
The seer, who didn’t launch the content material of the complete four-page letter, mentioned that the Prime Minister has been knowledgeable concerning the current growth within the state. He additionally cautioned the BJP authorities that in the event that they neglect them, the neighborhood will ‘neglect’ the get together.
The 2 dominant communities — Vokkaliga and Panchamasalis — that are in 3A and 3B classes have been demanding reservations below 2A standing, and the federal government determined to abolish 3A and 3B classes. Below 3A, there have been 12 castes, together with Vokkaliga, Reddy, Balija, Banta, and Kodava, whereas below 3B, there have been Veerashaiva and Lingayat communities and sub-castes.
Within the just lately concluded winter session of the state meeting in Belagavi, the federal government introduced the creation of two new classes: 2C and 2D, to incorporate the Lingayats and Vokkaligas within the reservations. Because the announcement, the Panchamasali caste of the Lingayats has been demanding inclusion within the 2A class, which has 15% reservation. The Panchamasali Lingayat neighborhood desires to be included in class 2A (15%) of the OBC reservation matrix. They’re presently included below 3B (5%).