<p>Cautioning the BJP Government in Karnataka on granting 2A category reservation to Panchamasali Lingayat community, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Thursday said the state government must know the impact on other communities who are already in 2A category before including the new community. </p>.<p>"Already several communities are enjoying 2A category benefit. If the government includes <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/panchamasali-lingayats-demanding-reservation-take-out-padyatra-in-belagavi-1174006.html" target="_blank">Panchamashali</a> in 2A category, what would be the fate of other communities who were already in that category," he told reporters here. </p>.<p>Several communities were demanding more share in reservation in different categories. Before including any communities in any category, the state government must know it's impact on existing communities, he said. </p>.<p>Vokkaligas are also demanding increase their share in reservation, he said. </p>.<p>Several powerful communities are also demanding reservation. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai should be cautious on this issue, he said. </p>.<p>The Panchamasali activists have been demanding a share of the 15 per cent reservation given to Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in the state instead of a separate five per cent quota allotted to Lingayats.<br /> </p>
<p>Cautioning the BJP Government in Karnataka on granting 2A category reservation to Panchamasali Lingayat community, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Thursday said the state government must know the impact on other communities who are already in 2A category before including the new community. </p>.<p>"Already several communities are enjoying 2A category benefit. If the government includes <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/panchamasali-lingayats-demanding-reservation-take-out-padyatra-in-belagavi-1174006.html" target="_blank">Panchamashali</a> in 2A category, what would be the fate of other communities who were already in that category," he told reporters here. </p>.<p>Several communities were demanding more share in reservation in different categories. Before including any communities in any category, the state government must know it's impact on existing communities, he said. </p>.<p>Vokkaligas are also demanding increase their share in reservation, he said. </p>.<p>Several powerful communities are also demanding reservation. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai should be cautious on this issue, he said. </p>.<p>The Panchamasali activists have been demanding a share of the 15 per cent reservation given to Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in the state instead of a separate five per cent quota allotted to Lingayats.<br /> </p>
