The Panchamasali community, a numerically strong sub-sect among Lingayats, which had set a deadline of June 27 to the State government to make its stand clear on reservation for them, has extended the deadline by another two months. This comes as a breather to the BJP government
Sources said that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai sought time to address the demand of Panchamasalis to be added in the 2A reservation category among the backward classes reservation matrix. This could possibly be the last deadline for the government before it could take a decision, they said.
The Panchamasali seer Basava Jayamruthyunjaya Swami had earlier threatened to lay siege to the Chief Minister’s residence at Shiggaon in Haveri district, after June 27, if their demand was not met. He had taken out a padayatra from Kudalasangama earlier.
