Karnataka Rakshana Vedike pushes for job quota for Kannadigas in IT firms

The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) is collecting employment data from IT companies in Bengaluru to push for job reservations for Kannadigas. KRV president T A Narayana Gowda stated that the organization will use the collected data to assess Kannadiga representation across different levels of the IT sector and submit findings to the government. Gowda claimed that Kannadigas currently make up only 20-23% of the workforce at IT companies operating out of Bengaluru.