Seers leading resevation rallies for more benefits in Karnataka

Recent reservation rallies by different  communities  had put  Chief Minister  BS Yediyurappa in an embroilng situation. BSY is surviving  all the  distractions from inside the party and outside the party. He is very  much  concerned over  the  issues  raised  by different  communities and positively  thinking to solve those issues with in the constitutional  ambit. But it is not an easy task as the demand from  many  more communities  may crop up during the  process. It is peculiar that religious heads are leading these  rallies  instead  of political  leaders erasing  a thin line of difference between  dharma and politics. 

Initially,  Kurubas started  an agitation  demanding  ST status  for their community. This is  a decades old demand. At present  they  are  enjoying  backward  class status. Kaginele Kanaka gurupeetha swamiji Niranjanandapuri lead this successful  rally  to show case their  strength to the government.  Infact Kurubas make it to fourth place in terms of population  next to lingayaths, vokkaligas  and muslims. They constitute 9.3% of  the total  population of  the state. Rural Development  Minister  KS Eshwarappa is the front line  leader supporting  the rally although former  CM Siddaramaiah  is till  now considered as its undisputed leader. CM BS Yediyurappa has assured  the kuruba leaders  all the possible help within  constitutional limits. 

Another  ongoing  rally under the leadership of self styled  vociferous Basava Jaya Mrutyumjaya swamiji  of lingayath panchamsali mutt of Kudala Sangama is reaching Bengaluru on 21st Feb. He is demanding a backward class status for his caste. Panchamasalis are a major segment in overall  veerashaiva lingayath  community. Ministers Murugesh Nirani and CC Patil who belongs to this panchamasalis sect have negotiated with the agitators but they are adamant to withdraw  their strike.  This rally  is also supported  by more than a dozen MLA's belonging  to that sub caste like Vijayananda Kashappanavar, Aravinda Bellad irrespective of  political  party  affiliations.

Interestingly,  about 500 swamijis of veerashaiva lingayath community met in Bengaluru recently and urged the government  to consider  all sub castes as backward  class  for reservations. Panchamsali  is one sub sect of lingayaths,  and there  are  hundreds of such sub castes exists in the community. It is not  fair  to ask for reservations  by one sect. All others need it. Off course the entire community of lingayaths  deserve  reservations as their  economic conditions  are same as that of  panchamasalis. 

Besides this, devanga that is  weaving  community has also put forward a  demand for creating a corporation  for their  welfare. Hampi hemakoota gayatri peethaDayan swamiji Dayanadapuri has warned the  government that they would start indefinite strike to press for their  demand. Uppara community wants ST tag for their community. Moreover  they also wanted 100 crore grant for their  corporation  to take up welfare schemes. Purushottamanadapuri swamiji  of bhagiratha gurupeetha  has made  this demand to  Chief  Minister BS Yediyurappa recently at Hosadurga. There is no end for such demands. No community is satisfied with  what  they  are having.  Everyone wants More and more. We have totally forgotten that we belong to asecular democratic society.  It is high time that BSY in the larger interest of the state has to tackle these absurdities appropriately.