Panchamashali seer reminds Bommai of quota deadline

Basavaraj Bommai, then Home Minister, was part of a ministerial delegation that met the Panchamashali community protesters who were demanding reservation under 2A category earlier this year, and assur

Basavaraj Bommai, then Home Minister, was part of a ministerial delegation that met the Panchamashali community protesters who were demanding reservation under 2A category earlier this year, and assured that a decision would be taken by September-end. “Now that Mr. Bommai is the Chief Minister, we hope that a decision is taken before the September deadline. If not, then the community will resume its indefinite agitation from October 1,” said Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swami of Lingayat Panchamashali Peetha of Kudalasangama. The community had pushed for a man from their subsect to be appointed to the Chief Minister’s post. However, they find some consolation in a Lingayat (Mr. Bommai is from Sadar subsect) being sworn in as the Chief Minister, replacing B.S. Yediyurappa. Names of two leaders from Panchamashali subsect — Murugesh Nirani and Arvind Bellad — were also doing the rounds as probables.