PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday stated he has requested the Karnataka State Fee for Backward Lessons to submit a report on the assorted calls for of the dominant Vokkaliga group within the state. Bommai was reacting to the memorandum submitted by the Vokkaliga ministers and BJP legislators demanding enhance in reservation for the Vokkaligas, a farming group.
The important thing demand of those BJP leaders was that the reservation for Vokkaligas underneath the 3A class of the Different Backward Lessons (OBCs) needs to be elevated from 4 per cent to 12 per cent. “My cupboard colleagues and the MLAs right this moment submitted a memorandum. Of their memo, they’ve stated that the Vokkaliga inhabitants has elevated. They need extra alternatives in jobs and admission for his or her youth,” Bommai instructed reporters.
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He added that the Adi Chunchanagiri Math seer Nirmalanandanath Swamiji too had a gathering on this concern and had submitted a memorandum to him as nicely. The memorandum was later despatched to KSCBC. “I despatched the letter (submitted by the seer) to the backward class fee final month. I can even ship the current memorandum to the KSCBC chairman and ask him to submit a report quickly,” Bommai stated.
Based on the Chief Minister, there was a particular demand for reservation to the Kunchitigas, who’re a sub-caste of Vokkaligas. “There’s a separate demand to incorporate them within the Central record,” Bommai defined. The Vokkaliga ministers and legislators had a gathering on Thursday underneath the management of state Income Minister R Ashoka.
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After submitting their memorandum to the Chief Minister, Ashoka instructed reporters that they’ve demanded growing reservation from 4 per cent to 12 per cent. “Although our inhabitants is 16 per cent, we would like 12 per cent reservation,” Ashoka stated. There are lots of individuals within the farmers’ group who’re residing in abject poverty, Ashoka stated including that many Vokkaligas misplaced their land to varied growth initiatives and are financially weak.
The demand comes because the state authorities made a transfer to extend reservation from 15 per cent to 17 per cent for SCs and from three per cent to seven per cent for STs. In addition to, the Panchamasali group among the many Lingayat caste has additionally demanded their inclusion within the 2A class of OBCs.