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The Hyderabad-Karnataka Horata Samithi, which is spearheading an agitation to pressure the Centre for conferring special status to Hyderabad-Karnataka region wants the state to ensure better representation of the region in the appointment to the key posts at State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) and Information Commission.
The Samithi president Vyjanath Patil told Express here on Monday, that the successive governments in the state had neglected the region in terms of economic development. Despite several cases of human rights violations being reported from the region, SHRC has no representatives from this area, Patil said that the issue would be discussed during Tuesday’s Horata Committee meeting.
Referring to other constitutional bodies including KPSC, Patil said that only three members had represented the region in past 60 years. The Nanjundappa Committee on regional balance, which had submitted a comprehensive report on the backwardness of the H-K region consisting Gulbarga, Bidar, Raichur, Yadagir, Bellary and Koppal, has also strongly recommended the state government to give representation to the region in appointing key posts. The Horata Samithi president threatened to launch an agitation on the matter.
Meanwhile the president of the Hyderabad-Karnataka Area Development Board (HKADB) president Amarnath Patil also endorsed the Patil’s view and said that he has already raised the issue with the Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar recently.
Patil told Express that the matter had come for debate during the BJP leaders meeting with Shettar and the latter had shown positive response.
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