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Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy has promised to enactment efforts for the inclusion of the Namadhari Vokkaliga assemblage successful Category 2A of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) for reservation.
Participating successful the metallic jubilee celebrations of the Namadhari Vokkaliga Community Hall successful K.R. Nagar adjacent present connected January 11, Mr. Kumaraswamy said helium volition marque honorable efforts successful this respect on with the assemblage members, who are numerically small.
He asked members of the assemblage to conscionable him with afloat accusation regarding the petitions submitted to the State Backward Classes Commission, State government, and others. “I volition sincerely prosecute the matter,” helium said.
He noted that the Namadhari Vokkaliga community, contempt its tiny population, should advancement successful each fields including politics. “People from the assemblage support saying that they should beryllium recognised. We volition marque honorable efforts successful the absorption successful the coming days,” helium said.
In the context, Mr. Kumaraswamy referred to the Sarpa Vokkaliga assemblage successful Chikkamagaluru portion which is besides numerically small. “There was a person named S.R. Lakshmaiah from that community. Though the assemblage did not person adjacent a 1000 votes successful that constituency, H.D. Deve Gowda, erstwhile Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo, made him an MLA twice. Later, his lad Dharme Gowda became an MLC doubly and erstwhile adjacent served arsenic the Deputy Chairman,” Mr. Kumaraswamy said, earlier adding that different lad of Mr. Lakshmaiah — S.L. Bhoje Gowda — is presently an MLC from JD(S).
He said the JD(S) had likewise provided opportunities to members of different tiny community, the Uppara community. “We recognised H.C. Neeravari and brought him into politics. In this manner, the JD(S) has opened the doors of opportunities for galore communities. Some radical roam astir claiming to beryllium backward people leaders, but it was Mr. Deve Gowda — and contiguous Kumaraswamy — who person genuinely nurtured those communities,” helium remarked.
Mr. Kumaraswamy besides assured the members of the Namadhari Vokkaliga assemblage that 1 idiosyncratic from their assemblage volition made a subordinate of the Legislative Council. “Your assemblage volition beryllium strengthened. More youungsters from your assemblage should participate politics,” helium said earlier clarifying that helium was not making promises lone to physique his ain governmental strength.
Reacting to a petition for a Civic Amenities (CA) tract to physique a temple, Mr. Kumaraswamy said the allotment of onshore does not travel wrong his purview, but promised to marque efforts to get the aforesaid done the State government. Further, helium promised to supply grants for the improvement of the assemblage hallway and authorisation indispensable funds.
Ravishankar, Congress MLA, MLCs A.H. Vishwanath and C.N. Manje Gowda, erstwhile JD(S) MLAs S.R. Mahesh and Ashwin Kumar were besides contiguous connected the occasion.
