Congress leader Ugrappa wears black shawl at Valmiki Jayanti, seeks restoration of 56% quota

Congress leader V S Ugrappa and a group of people registered their disappointment over the scrapping of the state’s enhanced reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. They wore black shawls while participating in the Valmiki Jayanti programme in Bengaluru on Monday. Ugrappa stated that the Act should be included in the 9th schedule and that an SLP should be filed in the Supreme Court against the High Court's order. The High Court had quashed the previous BJP government’s decision to increase the reservation share from 50% to 56% on October 12.