Panchamasali community flexes its muscles with massive rally
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It seeks reservation below 2A class whilst seer broadcasts dharna until March 4
The Panchamasali community’s demand for reservation below 2A class within the Other Backward Classes (OBC) listing might flip right into a vexing challenge for Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa as their seer Basava Jayamruthyunjaya Swami on Sunday introduced that he wouldn’t return to his mutt until the demand was met.
He made the announcement at a rally attended by hundreds from the community, a Lingayat-Veerashaiva subsect, in Bengaluru. A march to the Vidhana Soudha, taken out after the rally, noticed some tense moments however issues have been introduced below management because the agitators have been diverted to Freedom Park.
The seer insisted that the community wouldn’t accept something lower than 2A standing. “If the government does not agree to the demand, I will sit on a dharna till March 4. If the demand is not by then, I will start a hunger strike,” he stated, addressing a massive rally at Palace Grounds.
On Monday, Ministers Murugesh Nirani and C.C. Patil (each belonging to the community), alongside with different BJP legislators from the community, are scheduled to handle a press convention, the place the BJP’s and the federal government’s stand on the demand is anticipated to be spelt out.
The rally was the end result of a padayatra by Basava Jayamruthyunjaya Swami, of Koodala Sangama Panchamasali Peetha, and Vachananda Swami, the Harihara Panchamsali Peetha seer. Speaking on the rally, the latter stated that whereas they have been assured of the Chief Minister accepting the demand, they’d the “power to secure it” if he didn’t.
At the rally, Mr. Nirani and Mr. Patil urged the community and seers to briefly drop the demand, however this minimize no ice. They tried to persuade the seer to postpone the dharna, this too to no avail. Later, Mr. Nirani, in his speech, vowed to incorporate the Panchamsali community within the 2A class. He stated the demand has been there for greater than three a long time and the community was socially, educationally, and economically backward.
As the procession taken out after the rally reached the Cauvery theatre junction, a whole bunch broke the barricade and tried to maneuver ahead. However, after the leaders have been satisfied, the seers agreed to shift their dharna to Freedom Park.
Earlier within the day, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai stated the reservation challenge was mentioned with Mr. Yediyurappa. The backward courses fee is ready to carry a session assembly on this regard. As per the Constitution, a suggestion for change in standing of reservation has to return from the fee. “We have invited the seer to a meeting,” he stated.
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