Will look into Vokkaliga demand for quota hike, says Basavaraj Bommai

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has said his government would examine demands for increasing reservations for Vokkaligas, within the framework of the law and Constitution, a day after the community's leaders made a serious pitch for a larger quota in government jobs and education institutions. They have sought the quota to be raised to 12% from 4%.

Referring to demands from Vokkaliga community heads, including ministers from BJP, the CM said in Mysuru on Monday that he was yet to receive a copy of the memorandum. There were expectations from all communities for an increase in reservations, Bommai said without taking the name of any community. "I am a well-wisher of all communities." The state's Permanent Backward Class Commission was seized of the subject, he said.