A senior Panchamasali seer has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that the neighborhood has misplaced belief in chief minister Basavaraj Bommai and demanded reservation beneath the 2A class of the Different Backward Courses (OBC) quota within the state, officers near developments mentioned on Thursday.
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 deal with the neighborhood’s considerations.
Within the letter, the seer claimed they’ve misplaced confidence in Bommai. “We have now 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 total four-page letter, mentioned that the Prime Minister was knowledgeable in regards to the current improvement within the state. He additionally cautioned the BJP authorities that in the event that they neglect them, the neighborhood will ‘neglect’ the occasion.
“Within the letter, I knowledgeable him in regards to the emotions of the neighborhood and in addition identified the way it might have an effect on the BJP within the upcoming elections if our calls for should not met. We have now additionally made it clear that near 80% of vote banks of the BJP come from the neighborhood, and if our calls for should not met, then it might have an effect on the prospects of the BJP. The Chief Minister has backtracked on this promise after swearing on his mom,” he mentioned.
Final Friday, members of the Panchamasali neighborhood staged an enormous protest at Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s constituency Shiggaon within the Haveri district, demanding reservation beneath the 2A class. Protesters burnt the effigy of the CM and raised slogans towards the federal government. A whole lot of individuals gathered on the outskirts of Shiggaon and staged and blocked Nationwide Freeway-48, disrupting site visitors.
The indefinite strike in Bengaluru is a continuation of that protest, mentioned Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami. “We are going to proceed to be on the strike right here until our calls for are met,” he mentioned.
The letter comes days after Karnataka excessive courtroom ordered an interim keep on the state authorities’s determination to create a separate (Different Backward Class) OBC class for Vokkaligas and Lingayats and supply reservations in training and authorities jobs.
A division bench headed by chief justice PB Varale stayed the brand new classes and requested the federal government to take care of the established order within the matter of OBC reservations. The courtroom’s determination got here in the course of the listening to of a PIL (public curiosity litigation) by Raghavendra DG difficult the creation of the brand new classes. It has adjourned the matter until January 30.
The 2 dominant communities — Vokkaliga and Panchamasalis — that are in 3A and 3B classes have been demanding reservations beneath 2A standing, and the federal government determined to abolish 3A and 3B classes.
Within the 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. For the reason that announcement, the Panchamasali caste of the Lingayats has been demanding inclusion within the 2A class, which has 15% reservation.
After chairing the state-level executing committee assembly in Belagavi, Basava Mruthyunjaya, seer of Kudalasangama mutt, requested Panchamasalis to reject the federal government’s determination.
The Panchamasali Lingayat neighborhood desires to be included in class 2A (15%) of the OBC reservation matrix. They’re at present included beneath 3B (5%).
In the meantime, the BJP has denied the hypothesis that chief minister Bommai is scouting for an additional constituency to contest from, as his present seat Shiggaon has a big share of its Lingayat inhabitants are Panchamasalis. Sources say, Bommai.
“These are simply rumours. The federal government is conscious of the protests by the neighborhood. We have now sought time until the Backward Courses Fee submits its remaining report earlier than deciding on their calls for. The federal government has at all times stood with the neighborhood, and we are going to resolve this subject as properly,” mentioned a senior BJP officer bearer, who didn’t need to be named.