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Amid request to summation the preservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) to accommodate the interests of 59 Alemari (nomadic) communities, the Karnataka Legislative Assembly connected Thursday unanimously passed The Karnataka Scheduled Castes (Sub-Classification) Bill, 2025, that provides authorities screen to interior preservation successful 17 % preservation for 101 Scheduled Castes.
The authorities was nether unit from the Dalit Left groups to legislate the interior preservation matrix.
Social Welfare Minister H.C. Mahadevappa, who moved the Bill, said, “Internal preservation was a committedness made during the 2023 Assembly elections and we person kept it.”
The Bill seeks to supply legislative screen to the GO that apportioned 17% reservation. Of this, 6% preservation has been provided to 16 castes successful Category A (Dalit Left), 6% to 19 castes successful Category B (Dalit Right) and 5% to 63 castes, including 59 Alemari castes successful Category C (Lambani, Korama, Koracha and Bhovi).
The Minister justified 3 categories introduced, aft modifying the 5 categories recommended by the one-man committee headed by H.N. Nagamohan Das.
He said, “The 1% recommended to Adi Karnataka, Adi Andhra and Adi Dravida was modified and allowed to take either betwixt Category A oregon Category B due to the fact that they were getting benefits from the 2 categories.”
On the 1% preservation for Alemari assemblage being merged with Category C, helium said, “With 1% payment we felt the 59 communities whitethorn not get justice. Now, they volition beryllium fixed archetypal station (in recruitment) successful Category C to supply justness to them.” Those who inactive consciousness slighted tin attack the Scheduled Castes Commission, helium said.
During the treatment connected the Bill, Deputy Leader of Opposition Arvind Bellad said that Alemari communities could not vie with different castes and inequality would continue. The Chief Minister’s Economic Adviser Basavaraj Rayaraddi suggested that the State could research anticipation of expanding the full preservation for SCs to 18% to see 1% preservation to Alemari communities.
BJP attacks CM
Earlier, erstwhile Mr. Bellad pointed retired that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had erstwhile said that 17% preservation for SCs had not received ineligible sanction, Mr. Siddaramaiah took objection to it.
“I person not said thing similar that anywhere. In fact, we were the archetypal to question 17% for SCs and 7% for STs arsenic per their population. I americium idiosyncratic who would question 75% reservation. The Centre has brought 10% preservation to EWS. Where is the proviso for it successful the Constitution?” the Chief Minister asked.
A small later, Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok brought Assembly records wherever the Chief Minister had suggested that the past Bill had to beryllium inserted successful IX docket without which it would transcend the 50% headdress connected preservation imposed by Supreme Court. This led to different circular of exchanges.
Meanwhile, expelled BJP subordinate Basannagouda Patil Yatnal, took objection to Chief Minister’s connection connected EWS. “The Supreme Court has besides upheld it,” helium said, adding preservation was needed for different communities wherever determination were mediocre people.
The Chief Minister, who initially disagreed with Mr. Yatnal, aboriginal admitted that the Constitution was amended successful 2019 to supply for EWS reservation.
