Are Congress Ministers and MLAs divided over providing prominent postings to officials belonging to Lingayat-Veerashaiva community in the government? Speculation around this question has been set off after veteran Congress leader and All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha president Shamanur Shivashankarappa claimed at a function in Bengaluru that civil servants belonging to the community had been given a “raw deal”.
A couple of Ministers have reportedly acknowledged this so-called “injustice”, while other Ministers said there is no substance to the claim. Mr. Siddaramaiah himself on Saturday said there are seven Ministers belonging to the community in his government and “social justice is provided to all castes and communities” in his government.
