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The Sangh parivar's response to the Karnataka BJP accepting the Justice Das Committee's recommendations to increase reservation for SCs and STs betrays the contradictions between the saffron party's ideology and politics, due to electoral compulsions.
Uniindia: Bengaluru, Oct 10 (UNI) Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday said "BJP government in Karnataka is misleading SC/ST communities by falsely claiming credit for the decision to increase the reservation quota for SC/STs, without telling the process that went behind the decision."<br /
The Karnataka government had to face the wrath of lawmakers in the Karnataka Assembly on Thursday over the issue of hiking the reservation of the scheduled tribes (ST) from 3 per cent to 7.5 per cent. MLAs T Raghumurthy (Challakere), J N Ganesh (Kampli), E Tukaram (Sandur) and Anil Chikmadu (HD Kote) raised the issue through a calling-attention notice. In July 2020, the
Three-member committee to study demands made by various castes and communities With many communities seeking reservation in government jobs and admissions to educational institutions, the Karnataka Cabinet on Wednesday decided to set up a high-level committee headed by a retired High Court judge to study demands made by communities/castes seeking changes in the existing quota matrix. The three-member committee will also have a retired administrator and a social scientist. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has been empowered to appoint members of the panel, Minister for Home, Law and Parliamenta...
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, who is under pressure from the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities to increase the reservation quota, said on Tuesday that he will place the subject before the Cabinet and take a decision soon.