Expressing satisfaction over the State Cabinet’s new reservation matrix introduced on Friday, Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swami, honorary president of the Panchamasali reservation agitation committee and seer of the Lingayat Panchamasali Peetha of Kudalasangama, on Saturday introduced that the 71-day stir has been withdrawn.
Although the seer mentioned it was an unanimous decision to withdraw the quota stir, a section of the committee members led by former MLA and Congress chief Vijayanand Kashappanavar, who’s the nationwide president of the agitation committee, mentioned they have been sad with the government’s reservation matrix.
Chaos at press meet
There was chaos on the press convention when supporters of BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and Mr. Kashappanavar obtained concerned in an argument over the difficulty. However, the state of affairs was introduced beneath management following the seer’s intervention.
“While our demand was for inclusion in 2A, the community, along with other sects of Veerashaiva-Lingayat community, has now been put in the newly created 2D category. This is not what we wanted. We had asked for 15% reservation and have got only 7%,” Mr. Kashappanavar mentioned.
Alleging that the 2D reservation was simply an election gimmick by the BJP government, Mr. Kashappanavar mentioned he would step down from the nationwide president’s publish in protest.
‘Snatching reservation’
He additionally objected to the government transferring Muslims from 2A to the Economically weaker Sections (EWS) quota. “It is not fair to snatch the reservation of another community to give it to us. It is an injustice to that community,” he mentioned.
Addressing presspersons, the seer mentioned the committee had determined to withdraw the stir as of now within the wake of elections. “We will discuss and decide on whether to further seek enhanced reservation for the community after the elections. We have been pushed from 3B to 2D category of the Backward Classes list and the reservation for our community has been increased from 5% to 7%. Although we are yet to get the government notification in this regard, this is our initial victory,” the seer mentioned.
Dismissing opposite views expressed by Mr. Kashappanavar, he mentioned the committee had taken the decision to withdraw the stir unanimously.
