Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai called his decision to increase reservation for Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes from 15% to 17% and 3% to 7%, respectively, as historic.
He was talking to reporters at a helipad in Gillesuguru village under Raichur Rural Assembly Constituency in Raichur district, where he had arrived to flag off the BJP’s Jana Sankalpa Yatre on Tuesday.
“I have taken all party leaders into confidence and taken this decision to provide justice to communities that have been facing injustice since five decades,” Mr. Bommai said.
