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Monday, April 30, 2018, 4:47 PM   |   e-paper HOME PUNE MAHARASHTRA ART AND CULTURE SPORTS BUSINESS WORLD OPINION Home   Opinion   Facts & myths of Lingayat label and SC/ST benefits Facts & myths of Lingayat label and SC/ST benefits Camil Parkhe Saturday, 21 April 2018     goo.gl/eKp5u3   By recommending minority status to the Lingayat community, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has indeed opened a Pandora’s box. With the move made prior to the declaration of the State assembly elections, he has scored a political point over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Meanwhile, the issue of recognising Lingayat sect as an independent religion has been kept at an abeyance.   By recommending minority status to the Lingayat community, Karnataka Chief Minist...

Controversial statement puts Pune Mayor Mukta Tilak on defensive CAMIL PARKHE |  Wednesday, 3 May 2017 AT 11:42 AM IST             goo.gl/ijC45j   blog ,   Pune Mayor ,   Mukta Tilak ,   controversial statement ,   reservation policy ,   Brahmin community ,   anti-reservation ,   Camil Parkhe ,   Sakal Times    A century after Lokmanya Tilak took penance for crossing the oceans, Pune Mayor Mukta Tilak has landed in troubled waters after her controversial statement on the reservation policy for the socially weaker sections of the society. Tilak, who has been elected a corporator of the Pune Municipal Corporation with BJP’s nomination for the third consecutive term allegedly commented in Nashik that Brahmin youths were forced to go abroad in search of greener pastures on account of the reservation policy followed in the country. The controversial statement was made at a function orga...