The Panchamasali Lingayat community is holding a padyatra, demanding more reservations to meet the educational and professional needs of its people, and reached Belagavi in Karnataka today. They are demanding to be included in the 15 per cent OBC category of 2A.
The padayatra of the Panchamasali Lingayats community demanding their inclusion in the 2A reservation category is currently underway in Karnataka's Belagavi.
As per Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Alok Kumar, the Panchmasali Yatra will then take the form of a fair from Hirebagewadi to Suvarnasoudha.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that SC/ST Reservation Ordinance Replacement Bill is one among a set of bills to be introduced in a session of the State Legislature to be held at the Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi from tomorrow.
During Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Naek expressed serious reservations over the attack on the Pakistani head of mission in Kabul earlier this month, Dawn newspaper reported.
"Ram resides in every part of us, he cannot belong to any party, he is connected with everyone. He is our Ram, not the one who gets votes. We know Ram as a Bhanja (Nephew)," Baghel added.
Joyita Mondal, India's first transgender judge, on Friday urged the government to provide more facilities and reservations for the social upliftment of the transgender community.
Karnataka and Goa are fighting a two-year-long dispute over the sharing of the Mahadayi river water in the Supreme Court after both parties expressed reservations about the award by the Mahadayi dispute tribunal in 2018.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a petition filed by law students seeking the abolition of reservation for lower castes, saying that the petition was filed for publicity.
BC Rajyadhikara Samiti president Suresh Dasu on Saturday said that people of the Other Backward Class (OBC) community are being "oppressed" even after 75 years of the country's independence.
"I'm totally in favour of the Bill, I thank opposition parties also for backing the decision to raise the quota for backward classes from 58 to 75. I will approve the Bill by Monday," Uikey said.