Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Backward Classes Commission Member Rajashekar on Monday visited Puttegowdanahundi and Palya villages in the taluk and gathered data on the economic, academic and social conditions of Gowda Lingayat community members.
Rajashekar’s visit comes after Gowda Lingayat Mahasabha office-bearers led by Basavajaya Mrutyunjaya Swamiji met Karnataka Backward Classes Commission Chairman Jayaprakash Hegde and the Commission members at Bengaluru recently and submitted a memorandum seeking to consider Gowda Lingayats of old Mysuru region and Panchamasali Lingayats of North Karnatka region as one and the same and grant 20 percent reservation in jobs and education.
