“The Congress government in the State is being unfair to Panchamasali Lingayats as it has been delaying the inclusion of the community in OBC 2A category,” MLA and community leader Arvind Bellad said in Hubballi on Sunday.
He told reporters that the government is insensitive to the protest by the community for reservation led by Sri Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami.
“The government has not fulfilled our demands,” he added.
He said that the Congress government is not implementing the reservation formula drafted by the BJP government led by Basavaraj Bommai.
“When we tried to protest in front of the Suvarna Soudha, we had to face a brutal police lathi charge,” he said.
“The Chief Minister did not come to listen to our problems. The investigation ordered into the incident, following a court order, has not been completed yet. We urge the government to fulfil our demand for reservation,” he said.
