Former CM D Devaraj Urs was a leader who should be remembered by the masses. Urs implemented the Havanur Commission report and provided political reservation for various castes and played a role in social justice. Urs distributed land to the poor and made them land owners. Leaders like Mallikarjun Kharge, Janardhana Poojari, Veerappa Moily grew as leaders under the guidance of Urs. Urs formed commissions headed by Chinappa Reddy, T Venkataswamy to provide reservation for backward class.
The Karnataka government on Thursday assured the Supreme Court that no admissions or appointments would be made in pursuance of the Government Order (GO) scraping off of the nearly three-decade-old 4%.
In an exclusive interview with News18 ahead of Karnataka polls, senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily said the party was better organised this time and its anti-BJP slogans had worked
The then Deve Gowda govt’s move in 1994 to allot reservation to Muslims under ‘2B’ category for being ‘socially and educationally’ backward was part of a historical process that began during the rule of Mysore princely state in 1918