Bengaluru: Minister of State for Railways & Jalshakti V Somanna on Wednesday met Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah and urged him to consider inclusion of Kadugolla community in the scheduled tribe (ST) list in Karnataka.
A delegation led by Sri Krishna Yadavananda Swamiji, head of the Yadavananda Mutt in Chitradurga, led a community delegation and met Somanna on Monday, seeking his intervention with the union government to have the community included in the ST list.
Somanna represents Tumakuru in the Lok Sabha. The constituency also has a sizable number of Kadugolla members.
The delegation appraised Somanna that the Kadugolla community was educationally, economically and socially backward, and deserved benefits available to the ST community in every respect. The Swami also told Somanna that the reservation benefit will help the community members to join the mainstream of the society.
Somanna, who promised to take up their case with Amit Shah, urged the community members to set aside their differences and work together to achieve larger welfare. He also urged them to promote education among the children of the community.
The MoS for social justice and empowerment A Narayanaswamy had, in February 2023, informed the Lok Sabha that, as per the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Kadugolla (Adavigolla) and Koli communities were not listed in ST list in Karnataka.
The state government has, however, recommended for inclusion of Kadugolla (Adavigolla) and its other synonyms like Hattigola vide its letter dated August 17, 2015 and inclusion of Gangamatha along with its synonyms, which includes Koli, vide their letter dated July 23, 2018, in the list of Scheduled Tribes of Karnataka.
The Government of India on June 15, 1999 and with subsequent amendments has laid down the modalities for determining the claims for inclusion in, exclusion from and other modifications in the Orders specifying lists of SCs and STs.
According to these modalities, only those proposals, which have been recommended and justified by the concerned State Government and concurred with by the Registrar General of India (RGI) and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST), are to be considered for amendment of legislation. All actions are taken as per these approved modalities. Proposals for inclusion in the list of Scheduled Tribes of any State are dealt with according to these modalities which is an on-going process, the minister said.
A delegation led by Sri Krishna Yadavananda Swamiji, head of the Yadavananda Mutt in Chitradurga, led a community delegation and met Somanna on Monday, seeking his intervention with the union government to have the community included in the ST list.
Somanna represents Tumakuru in the Lok Sabha. The constituency also has a sizable number of Kadugolla members.
The delegation appraised Somanna that the Kadugolla community was educationally, economically and socially backward, and deserved benefits available to the ST community in every respect. The Swami also told Somanna that the reservation benefit will help the community members to join the mainstream of the society.
Somanna, who promised to take up their case with Amit Shah, urged the community members to set aside their differences and work together to achieve larger welfare. He also urged them to promote education among the children of the community.
The MoS for social justice and empowerment A Narayanaswamy had, in February 2023, informed the Lok Sabha that, as per the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Kadugolla (Adavigolla) and Koli communities were not listed in ST list in Karnataka.
The state government has, however, recommended for inclusion of Kadugolla (Adavigolla) and its other synonyms like Hattigola vide its letter dated August 17, 2015 and inclusion of Gangamatha along with its synonyms, which includes Koli, vide their letter dated July 23, 2018, in the list of Scheduled Tribes of Karnataka.
The Government of India on June 15, 1999 and with subsequent amendments has laid down the modalities for determining the claims for inclusion in, exclusion from and other modifications in the Orders specifying lists of SCs and STs.
According to these modalities, only those proposals, which have been recommended and justified by the concerned State Government and concurred with by the Registrar General of India (RGI) and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST), are to be considered for amendment of legislation. All actions are taken as per these approved modalities. Proposals for inclusion in the list of Scheduled Tribes of any State are dealt with according to these modalities which is an on-going process, the minister said.