In the latest update, the ruling BJP is in a fix over the interest of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat people group looking for its incorporation in the Other Backwards Classes (OBC) list by the Center. The people group leaders have likewise cautioned that on the off chance that the interest isn’t satisfied, they would begin agitation on a large scale
Sources in the BJP said that it isn’t uplifting news for the party, which is getting ready to confront the impending 2023 Assembly elections. Shamnur Shivashankarappa, President of the Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva-Lingayat Mahasabha, who is additionally a veteran Congress leader from the state has expressed that a decision in such manner has been taken in the general body meeting.
Veerashaiva-Lingayat community, considered as a predominant local area in the state including 18 to 20 percent of the populace, is immovably remaining behind the decision BJP in Karnataka. Previous Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and present Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai hail from the Lingayat people group.
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It would be a precarious circumstance for the BJP-drove Central government to accord Veerashaiva-Lingayat people group the OBC status. As indicated by sources, the decision must be taken at the public level. Vokkaliga people group, one more predominant local area from Karnataka was concurred OBC status during the residency of previous Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda.
Eshwar B. Khandre, Mahasabha General Secretary and furthermore a senior Congress leader expressed that however Veerashaiva-Lingayat people group is considered as a forward rank, it is quite possibly the most in reverse networks in terms of socio, financial and scholastic situations.
The portion of Veerashaiva-Lingayats is immaterial as far as enrollments in the UPSC, banking area, railroad, Staff Selection Commission and Public Sector ventures run by the Central government, he said.
Nonetheless, sources said that the planning of the interest by the Veerashaiva-Lingayat Mahasabha is expected to place the decision BJP in a fix. In the event that the BJP focuses on the satisfaction of the interest, it should address such requests from the nation which will open Pandora’s crate.
In the event that the BJP doesn’t focus on the satisfaction of this interest, the resistance Congress can target them, sources said. The BJP has not responded to the issue and is proceeding warily.
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