Bengaluru: Lingayats get lion's share of state cabinet posts


Bengaluru, Aug 20 (IANS): Karnataka's dominant caste Lingayats got a lion's share of the cabinet posts in the state's BJP government, with 8 of the 18 legislators belonging to the powerful community in the southern state, a party official said on Tuesday.

"Of the 18 cabinet ministers, including Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, 8 of them are Lingayats, accounting for 44 per cent of the ministry," party's state spokesman G. Madhusudana told IANS after 17 of its legislators were inducted in the over 3-week-old ministry earlier in the day.

After the Lingayats, another equally powerful community - Vokkaligas -- got 3 ministers, followed by 2 each from the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and the Scheduled Tribes (STs) and one each from Brahmins, Kurbas and Idigas.

Lingayats account for 17 per cent of the 6.5-crore of the state's population.

Of the party's 105 legislators, 37 are Lingayats, constituting 39 per cent of its lawmakers.

The 8 Lingayat ministers are Yediyurappa, Jagadish Shettar, Laxman Savadi, V. Somanna, Basavaraj Bommai, J.C. Madhu Swamy, C.C. Patil and Jolle Shashikala Annasaheb, the lone woman in the ministry.

The Vokkaligas are C.N. Ashwath Narayan, R. Ashoka and C.T. Ravi.

The two SCs (Dalits) are Govind Karjol and Nagesh from Mulbagal reserved assembly seat in the backward Kolar district, about 100 km east of Bengaluru.

The two STs are B. Sreeramulu and Prabhu Chauhan.

Suresh Kumar is the lone Brahmin, while K.S. Eshwarappa is a Kurba (shepard community) and K.S. Poojari is an Idiga (toddy tappers community).

Four ministers - Narayan, Ashoka, Somanna and Kumar are from Bengaluru, which has 28 assembly seats.

Of the 28 seats in the city, Congress won 14, BJP 11 and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) 3.

Of the 17 ministers, 4 are first timers -- Ashwath Narayan, Prabhu Chauhan, Madhu Swamy and Jolle.

 

  

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  • Rathan, Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 21 2019

    Why this statement like lingayath, okkaliga, minority, dali th?
    Let the new ministry take office and help the needy
    Who says there is no cast /religion in politics? All parties doing same cast/religion politics and asks citizen to forget about cast /reigion

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  • Naveen, Tulunad Rajya

    Wed, Aug 21 2019

    Although Tulunadu people are more intelligent than others, all the top positions have been held by others. Tulunadu MLAs usually get only meenugarike sachiva post. This kind of injustice has been going on ever since independence. Tulunadu people are treated like outsiders. Wake up Tulunadu and fight for Tulunadu.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangaluru

    Wed, Aug 21 2019

    Lingayats do dominate in our state politics.

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  • k b r, Mangala Uru

    Wed, Aug 21 2019

    as per Hindutva, castes are not considered , all belong to one Hindu religion...why this caste arithmetic in cabinet formation....? Congress is accused by peku and co. for appeasement for votebank...is this also not appeasement..appeasement of castebank for votebank...

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 21 2019

    abbreviation named commentator, u r wrong. hindu sanatana dharma is basically founded on caste system which cannot b abolished as per brahmans & kshatriya.

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  • Samad, Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 21 2019

    I wonder how much communities they have

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 21 2019

    ಅಂಗಾರ was in ಶ್ರ್ಂಗಾರ, ತಿಕ್ಕುಂಡ್ ಪಂಡ್-ದ್ ಬಂಗಾರ, lastಕ್ ತಿಕ್ಕ್ಂಡ್ ಮುನ್ಚಿ ಖಾರ.

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  • Alphonse Rodrigues, Udupi

    Wed, Aug 21 2019

    Angaara is a low caste person.
    Brahma made higher castes from his mind.
    The Kshatriyaas were made from Brahmas shoulders.
    The Dalits were made by Brahma from his feet.
    Minister positions are exclusively for higher castes.
    Take for example in the central; majority of Ministers are from Higher Castes.

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  • Krishna, Udupi

    Wed, Aug 21 2019

    in 2018 election sidda bidda, yeddy gedda, sidda yedda, mathe thinda guddu eega thinthane baree mudde....

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 21 2019

    1nly linga mla's got lions share

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  • SBM, Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 21 2019

    One side the party says they don't believe in caste discrimination. Their supporters say they will scrap out caste based reservation. And now they gave a huge number of seats to one particular community. Hypocrisy at its best.

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