The over-three-decade struggle for internal reservation among the 101 scheduled castes in Karnataka reached a crucial point on August 4 with the one -man commission headed by retired judge H.N. Nagmohan Das submitting its 1,766-page report with six recommendations. The commission considered social and educational backwardness along with adequate representation in public employment before arriving at a matrix for quota within the 17% reservation for SCs in public education and employment.
A delegation from the commission, led by Mr. Das, met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and handed over the report in the presence of Social Welfare Minister H.C. Mahadevappa, Home Minister G. Parameshwar, Kannada and Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi, IT & BT Minister Priyank Kharge and Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur.
