Panchamasali seer welcomes Yediyurappa’s decision to seek report, but padayatra to go on

Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s decision on Friday night time to seek an in depth report by the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes on the demand for inclusion of Panchamasali (Lingayat) below 2-A class appears to be have pacified the neighborhood.

Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swami of Lingayat Panchamasali Peetha at Koodalasangama, who had spoken robust on Friday following Mr. Yediyurappa’s reply on the ground of the House that he can not take a name on the problem with out consulting central leaders, informed The Puucho on Saturday that he welcomed the decision of the Chief Minister on referring to the matter to the fee.

“We urge the government to get the report as early as possible and implement the same. But our padayatra will continue,” he stated.

On the additional plan of action, the seer stated they’d referred to as a gathering of all of the Panchamasali leaders on February 10 to focus on the problem. “We have clearly said that all the leaders, including MLAs, MPs, MLCs, and former MLAs, should compulsorily participate in the meeting. We will discuss the development in detail and announce the next course of action on that day,” he stated. The assembly is probably going to be held in Tumakuru.

Ministers’ assertion

On Saturday, two of Mr. Yediyurappa’s Cabinet colleagues representing Panchamasali neighborhood, Minister for Mines and Geology Murugesh Nirani and Minister for Small-Scale Industries, Information and Public Relations C.C. Patil, issued a joint assertion in bid to clear the air.

They stated the Chief Minister’s reply on the ground of the House that theirs was a nationwide celebration and decision had to be taken in session with the central leaders had been “misinterpreted”. Emphasising that it was their authorities which had included Panchamasali neighborhood in 3-B class earlier, they thanked Mr. Yediyurappa for his decision to seek a report.