SC internal reservation: Religious heads spearheading campaign of their communities

As the State authorities attempts to code challenges successful the preservation matrix, communities — led by their spiritual heads — volition beryllium flexing their spot successful Bengaluru this week. A peculiar gathering of the State Cabinet connected Friday is acceptable to see interior preservation wrong 15% quota for Scheduled Castes adjacent arsenic it has reduced the wide preservation quota to 50% from 56% successful presumption of cases pending successful Karnataka High Court.

The Cabinet is divided implicit the contented with Dalit Left and Dalit Right Ministers taking divergent views, and efforts are connected to bring a statement among the factions to hold to a tenable sub-classification matrix.

Sources said that the peculiar Cabinet gathering is apt to sermon connected a preservation ratio of 5.3% each to Dalit Left and Dalit Right, and 4.4% to the touchable castes the wrong 15% quota.

Chitradurga-based Adijambava Mutt seer Shadakshari Muni Swami, the spiritual caput for Madigas, is connected his mode to Bengaluru connected a padayatra seeking implementation of interior preservation wrong the 15% preservation quota successful 1 of the largest recruitments thrust of the State successful caller history. According to his aides successful the padayatra, which started connected March 11 from Harihara successful Davangere, the seer volition halt successful Sira connected Sunday night, and volition scope conscionable earlier the peculiar Cabinet meeting.

Meanwhile, Madiga leaders person been gathering Cabinet Ministers to explicate their basal and seeking their enactment successful the Cabinet.

The preservation quota has travel nether aggravated unit arsenic the authorities announced initiating recruitment process to capable 56,432 posts with the 50% wide preservation quota prevailing earlier 2022 and besides without interior preservation wrong the 15% quota for Scheduled Castes.

The Dalit Left (Madigas) faction is insisting connected the interior preservation adjacent arsenic the Dalit Right (Holeyas) and the touchable castes of Banjaras/ Lambanis, Bhovis, Koramas, and Korachas are opposed to interior preservation up of Friday’s peculiar Cabinet meeting.

On Tuesday, Immadi Siddarameshwara Swami of Bhovi Gurupeetha and Sardar Sevalal Swami, caput of Banjara Peetha, are acceptable to pb a protestation successful Bengaluru against the interior reservation, portion welcoming the government’s determination to proceed with the 50% preservation matrix.

“The interior preservation should not beryllium implemented till the Census 2027 study comes out. It is unfair to our communities and decisions should not beryllium taken nether unit and unilaterally,” Karnataka Reservation Protection Federation wide caput Ravi K. Pujar said connected Sunday, adding that the 2 seers volition beryllium participating successful the rally.

Dalit Right (Holeyas) communities led by seer of Urilingi Peddi Mutt’s Mysuru subdivision Jnanaprakash Swami connected Wednesday volition signifier a protestation rally successful Freedom Park seeking rejection of the H.N. Nagamohan Das Commission’s study based connected which the authorities sliced up the interior preservation matrix.

The seer, who heads the Karnataka State Right Community’s Castes Federation, has sought rejection of the Das Commission’s report, and has urged the authorities not to present interior preservation wrong 15% preservation quota for SCs.

BJP defers padayatra

Meanwhile, the BJP, which a fortnight agone announced a padayatra to Bengaluru from Chitradurga successful protestation against reducing preservation matrix from Sunday, deferred the padayatra awaiting the government’s determination connected Friday.

According to enactment wide caput P. Rajeev, since the authorities was yet to instrumentality a last decision, the padayatra has been deferred. “If they instrumentality a determination to bring down preservation from 56 % to 50 %, we volition motorboat the padayatra,” helium said.