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Bengaluru, October 31 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said his government is committed to providing reservation to the nomadic community.
“The Congress-led government is committed to ensuring social justice for the nomadic communities. Measures will be taken after examining how one per cent reservation can be provided to them,” he said.
A delegation of officials of the Nomadic Community Federation said this after meeting him at the committee hall of Vidhana Soudha on Friday.
The delegation submitted a memorandum demanding internal reservation.
The Chief Minister responded positively to the appeal of the delegation and assured them of action.
He said, “Our government has implemented Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan (SCSP/TSP) programs for the upliftment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The objective of the government is to ensure that everyone gets fair benefits. We have no intention of merging one community with another or doing injustice to any group. A fair solution will be found and justice will be ensured.”
The Chief Minister said, “The government has made a serious effort to provide internal reservation. We are committed to resolve the existing confusion and issues on priority basis.”
As per the recommendation of retired Justice Nagamohan Das, the delegation urged the Chief Minister to provide a separate one per cent reservation for nomadic communities under the internal reservation quota to ensure social justice. He also requested for the formation of a separate corporation for the development of nomadic communities and announcement of a special economic package for their welfare.
The meeting was attended by Minister HC Mahadevappa, Political Secretary to the Chief Minister Naseer Ahmed, Chief Secretary Dr Shalini Rajneesh, former Minister H Anjaneya and several leaders representing nomadic communities from across the State.
Commenting on the issue of internal reservation, Home Minister G Parameshwara clarified, “There is no confusion about internal reservation. An ordinance will have to be passed to implement the decision taken on internal reservation. We have classified communities into A, B and C groups and an ordinance is required for this.”
“An Act will be introduced after the ordinance is passed. The Chief Minister had recently called a meeting in this regard. During the meeting, it was decided that there is no immediate need to pass an ordinance and instead the bill can be introduced in the state legislature during the winter session. Instructions have been given to the Law Minister in this regard,” he said.
–IANS
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