Belagavi: Led by Sri Jagadguru Basava Jaya Mrityunjaya Swamy, the Panchamasali group intensified quota agitation Thursday as tons of of individuals marched in direction of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha the place the winter session of the Karnataka legislature is underway.
The folks marched alongside the Belgavi-Kolhapur nationwide freeway from Savadatti to Belagavi, waving flags in assist of the demand to incorporate the group in class 2A of the record of Different Backward Castes (OBCs).
“We’ve already reached a decisive part in our agitation. The CM had given his phrase that the reservation could be introduced by 19 December and since he didn’t stay as much as it, I’ve began this padayatra (foot march) to Belagavi the place we could have a large conference,” the seer stated Thursday.
“If the CM pronounces reservation after discussing along with his cupboard, we are going to congratulate him else we are going to say ‘Har Har Mahadev’ and lay siege to the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.”
The Panchamasali is the largest sub-sect inside the dominant Lingayat group who historically again the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP). From the 5 per cent quota it enjoys below class 3B, the group desires to be below 2A which is able to get them a share within the 15 per cent reservation.
With the state going to the polls in just a few months, the group’s affect can’t be ignored as it’s thought-about to be BJP’s core voter base in northern Karnataka.
Leaders like BJP legislator Basanagouda Patil (Yatnal) had boasted that the delay in saying reservation was the rationale Bommai was handed a defeat within the final yr’s Hanagal meeting bypolls in his residence district.
“Why was Bommai giving us false guarantees? He stated that each one formalities shall be accomplished by the nineteenth (December), however nothing has occurred. Our subsequent plan of action will rely on the bulletins of the chief minister,” Yatnal, one of many outstanding political leaders, spearheading the agitation in opposition to his personal authorities, stated in Belagavi.
In a associated improvement on Thursday, Karnataka Everlasting Backward Lessons Fee chairman Jayaprakash Hegde handed an interim report on the Panchamasali group to the chief minister in Belagavi.
“The interim report has been submitted and we could have authorized discussions on the identical on the earliest, convene an all celebration assembly and an applicable choice shall be taken,” Bommai stated in Belagavi.
The BJP authorities had used the absence of caste-census information to delay bulletins however didn’t persuade the agitating communities together with Vokkaligas, Valmikis and Kurubas. Related quota calls for by these communities have put Bommai in a repair given the electoral compulsions.
“I’ve been with the Panchamasalis all by way of and there’s no query of me opposing it (reservation calls for). Right this moment or tomorrow, we now have to do it and the CM is considering of implementing it. Till then, the seer should stay calm,” senior BJP chief B.S. Yediyurappa stated.
The previous chief minister continues to be thought-about one of the outstanding Lingayat political leaders and the BJP wants the group’s assist to retain energy. In Karnataka’s deeply caste-based political tradition, dominant communities are seen to be backing explicit political events who use them to their benefit.
Whereas the Vokkaligas, present in giant numbers within the outdated Mysuru area, again Janata Dal (Secular), the Congress has its votebank amongst minorities, backward courses and Dalits amongst different sections.
(Edited by Tony Rai)
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