BELAGAVI: Kudalasangama Panchamasali Peeth seer Basava Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami asserted that he’ll push for a hike in reservation for the Lingayat neighborhood, no matter the political celebration that involves energy after the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections. He mentioned the then Siddaramaiah led authorities (2013 to 2018) had really helpful to the Centre to accord minority standing to Lingayat neighborhood prefer it was performed for Jainism and Buddhism. However, the central authorities had neither accepted nor rejected the proposal. “In the coming days, I expect Lingayats to be given a separate minority status.”
Basava Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami had led the 32-month protest in search of the classification of the Panchamashalis, the biggest sub-sect of the highly effective Lingayat neighborhood, from 3B to 2A within the Other Backward Classes (OBC). Since it was not potential to supply underneath 2A, the Bommai authorities created a brand new ‘2D’ class and offered 2 per cent extra reservation, growing the overall reservation for Lingayats to 7 per cent. The state has 4 classes of OBC: 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B based mostly on the financial, social and academic standing. These communities get preferential reservations in jobs and academic establishments based mostly on the classes. While 2A are essentially the most backward, 2B are reasonable, and a bit of above them is 3A and 3B.
The Lingayats make up almost 17 per cent of the inhabitants in Karnataka. In an interview to PTI, Mruthyunjaya Swami mentioned, “In the present situation, we have got some justice. We are satisfied with the government’s decision. This is the first victory of our protest.” There was a keep from the High Court on 2A. The keep was vacated on a situation that no extra communities will likely be included in it. Therefore, the federal government needed to create a brand new class ‘2D’ to supply for 2 per cent additional reservation for Lingayats, he defined.
This was performed following Prime Minister Narendar Modi’s intervention because the BJP realised that if the demand was not met then the celebration would endure an enormous setback within the meeting election, he claimed. Asked if he would demand a rise in reservation for Lingayats if the brand new authorities involves energy, Swami replied, “Definitely.”
“We have got seven per cent reservation under 2D. Whichever political party comes to power, I will put pressure to increase the seven per cent quota within the ambit of 50 per cent,” he added. Noting that former CM Siddaramiah’s “corrupt Lingayat chief minister” comment has damage the neighborhood badly, Mruthyunjaya Swami mentioned although the Congress chief has issued a clarification he didn’t insult Lingayats however nonetheless his assertion has left many locally scarred.
Siddaramaiah had mentioned he was solely referring to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who’s a Lingayat. The swami additional mentioned many Lingayat leaders like Nijalingappa and Veerendra Patil have labored actually prior to now. Many locally felt Siddaramaiah’s assertion “wiped out” the nice work of those tall leaders.
In Karnataka, these belonging to Lingayats, backward and Vokkaliga communities have develop into chief ministers. “If anyone criticises a community, people of that community get hurt. So, Lingayats are hurt. In our democracy, you have freedom to criticise anyone personally. It is not good to target a community,” he added.
To a question if the Lingayat reservation challenge has been used for a political goal, Mruthyunjaya Swami, mentioned, “It is unfortunate.” Elections ought to be fought on a improvement agenda. In the final 70 years, many of the elections have been fought on the idea of faith and caste throughout the nation, he recalled.
He additionally steered to all political events that greater than courtesy and compassion, they need to make sure the safety of the Lingayat neighborhood. “Let them give a guarantee that a person from this community will be made CM, on coming to power, financial support to poor Lingayat students among others. They should make such a promise,” he mentioned and suggested all political events within the state to not make feedback that damage any neighborhood.
Asked if he plans to direct the Lingayat neighborhood to vote for BJP, Mruthyunjaya Swami mentioned he does not need to give any assertion in favour of any political celebration. “All political parties extended support to our protest. Be it any caste or political party, I only wish good for them. I don’t want to openly support or criticise any particular political party,” he added.
The voting to elect MLAs to the Karnataka meeting will happen on May 10 and the counting will likely be on May 13.
