The leaders of Panchamasali community, including legislators of both Congress and BJP as well as Ministers, met in Belagavi on Wednesday, December 6, to chalk out plans to take the demand of the community to be included in 2A category for reservation to backward classes to the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
It is learnt that the meeting was attended, among others, by Women and Child Welfare Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar and Textiles and Sugar Minister Shivanand Patil. While Panchamasali leader in BJP Basannagouda Patil Yatnal did not attend the meeting, his party colleagues, including Arvind Bellad, took part in the discussions, sources said.
