Head of Panchamasali Peetha of Kudalasangama Sri Basava Jayamruthyunjaya Swami, who is leading agitations demanding Other Backward Classes (OBCs) 2A category for the Panchamasali sub-caste of Lingayat, has asked the State government to send its recommendation in favour of the community before the Model Code of Conduct is enforced for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Speaking to media representatives in Kalaburagi on Sunday, the seer obliquely said that the previous BJP government had to suffer a humiliating defeat in the last Assembly elections just because it deliberately adopted “delaying approach” in sending the recommendation.
“The previous government deliberately adopted the delaying approach and everybody knows what happened to it. Even that party [BJP] is aware of it. If our demand for the 2A category tag for the Panchamasalis is not realised before the Lok Sabha elections, the issue will impact the elections. The extent of the impact will be gauged from the community conference scheduled to be held in Kalaburagi on March 10,” he said.
