In a major gathering in Davangere, influential Lingayat leaders, together with Congress MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa, former BJP Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Congress minister Eshwar Khandre, and BJP chief BY Vijayendra, convened to deal with crucial points affecting the Lingayat neighborhood.
Sunday’s assembly, attended by key figures akin to Karnataka BJP heavyweight BS Yediyurappa, Congress MLC Jagadish Shettar, and distinguished seers, resulted within the formulation of key calls for.
The calls for offered by Lingayat leaders, transcending occasion affiliations, are as follows:
1. The state authorities should advocate to the Centre the inclusion of all Veerashaiva Lingayats and their sub-sects below the OBC class.
2. Reject the Kanthraj caste census report, citing unscientific strategies, and name for a brand new, extra correct caste census.
3. Advocate for a separate class for Veerashaiva Lingayats and their sub-sects within the new census, distinct from the Hindu class, with a inhabitants rely below a devoted classification.
4. Suggest the declaration of Basavanna because the cultural chief of the state.
The Lingayat leaders alleged that the Kanthraj caste census report, at the moment in rivalry, was carried out unscientifically and doesn’t precisely signify their neighborhood. They pressured the necessity for a revised census that recognises the distinct id of Veerashaiva Lingayats.
The Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities, each politically dominant and economically prosperous in Karnataka, have expressed considerations in regards to the present census report.
The information signifies over 20 per cent mixed for SC/ST and positions Muslims because the second-highest inhabitants group. Lingayats and Vokkaligas, fearing potential lack of political affect, have strongly opposed this information and its potential implications.