The Karnataka authorities has introduced its resolution to scrap the 4 per cent quota for minorities and add it to the prevailing quota of two dominant communities of the poll-bound state. The 4 per cent reservation given to Muslims beneath 2B classification of the OBC class will now be divided into two equal elements and added to the prevailing quota of Vokkaligas and Lingayats for whom two new reservation classes of 2C and 2D had been created in the course of the Belagavi Meeting Session final yr.
The cupboard determined to carry the non secular minorities beneath the EWS class. The choice comes forward of the Meeting elections.
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Briefing reporters after the cupboard assembly on Friday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai mentioned the non secular minorities quota can be carried out away with and introduced beneath the ten per cent pool of the EWS class with none change of situation.
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“The 4 per cent (reservation for minorities) can be divided into two between 2C and 2D. The 4 per cent reservation for the Vokkaligas and others can be enhanced to 6 per cent and Veerashaiva Panchamasali and others (Lingayats), who’re getting 5 per cent reservation will now get seven per cent,” the CM defined.
The Cupboard had abolished 3A and 3B classes of reservation for Vokkaligas and Lingayats respectively and changed them with two new classes of 2C and 2D final December. Defending the choice to abolish the quota for Muslims, Bommai mentioned there was no constitutional provision for non secular minorities.
Citing a courtroom verdict putting down the reservation supplied for minorities in Andhra Pradesh, the CM mentioned the architect of the Indian Structure B R Ambedkar too had mentioned that reservations had been for caste.
“Nonetheless, we can’t drop that group fully. With a view that there shouldn’t be any downside, the non secular minorities…if somebody challenges reservation to them, we determined to take a proactive resolution. In actual fact they’ll go from 4 per cent to the ten % pool of the EWS group with none change of situation,” Bommai defined.
Muslims are divided into three reservation classes – 1, 2A and 2B.
The extraordinarily backward non secular minorities, who type the sub-sects of Muslims akin to Pinjara, Nadaf, Daroji, Chapparband and are enlisted in class 1, will stay undisturbed and in the identical reservation checklist.
Equally, the federal government didn’t contact the Muslim communities beneath 2A class.
“Another Muslim sub-sects within the 2B class is not going to be disturbed. They may solely be moved to the EWS quota on the identical circumstances,” Bommai mentioned.
There are some extra small backward communities, who discover point out within the Backward Fee’s report.
“They by no means figured in any checklist together with the backward checklist. They don’t seem to be in any class. Concerning them, the Backward Fee has talked about in its second checklist. I’ll examine the report intimately. Our authorities will take additional resolution on it within the coming cupboard. Already, a advice has been despatched to the Centre to incorporate two shepherd communities ‘Kadu Kuruba’ and ‘Gonda Kuruba’ unfold over 4 districts within the ST class.
Additional, the Union authorities has made some references to 2 to 3 communities together with Kadu Gollaru and Koli communities in search of the opinion of the division.
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Bommai additionally mentioned that the federal government will notify the communities beneath the EWS class. Additionally, a choice was taken with regard to the SC group that 6 % reservation can be given to SC left sub-category, 5.5 per cent to SC proper, 4.5 per cent to touchables and 1 per cent to others. Hailing the announcement, Adichunchanagiri Math pontiff and Vokkaliga chief Nirmalanandanatha Swami mentioned the demand was made for 12 per cent reservation holding in view the situation of the group.
“Given the state of affairs, the federal government has elevated the reservation from 4 per cent to 6 per cent for which we thank the federal government. We welcome the transfer,” he mentioned.
The Panchamasali group of the Lingayat sect and the Vokkaligas have been demanding a hike in reservation for fairly a very long time.
