Overview
- The Valmiki-led ST delegation, which met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday, said he will call an all-party meeting and lead a team to the Prime Minister to seek Ninth Schedule protection.
- Siddaramaiah told the group he would push legal steps to vacate the Karnataka High Court stay and consider a special leave petition in the Supreme Court.
- The BJP leadership announced a statewide awareness drive and warned of a broader movement to oppose the rollback to 15% for SCs and 3% for STs.
- A major hiring round to fill 56,432 state posts is set to proceed under the recalibrated 50% matrix, raising immediate stakes for applicants.
- The dispute sits under the Supreme Court’s 50% cap on quotas, and fresh friction has emerged over new SC sub-groups with several communities preparing new court challenges.