1. Panchamasali quota committee to hold meeting of all Lingayat legislators during winter session in Belagavi
The Panchamasali Lingayat Reservation Agitation Committee will convene a meeting of all Lingayat legislators in Belagavi on December 5, to press for its demands for including all Lingayat sub-caste groups in the Central OBCs list and to re-categorise Panchamasalis into Category 2A.
The Panchamasali community is a numerically stronger sub-sect of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community in Karnataka. They have been urging the government to re-categorise the sect into 2A. They have also sought inclusion in the Central OBCs list.
