<p>Congress Rajya Sabha member L Hanumanthaiah on Saturday demanded the Centre to bring an amendment to Constitution of India to give internal reservation within Scheduled Castes to give reservation benefit to the poorest among them.</p>.<p>"Powerful communities within SCs are getting benefit of reservation. Because of this, some of the poorest castes within SCs are not getting any benefit," he told reporters here.</p>.<p>Criticising former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, he said that when Siddaramaiah was the CM, he did not make honest effort to introduce internal reservation.</p>.<p>The Supreme Court recently ruled that states can provide internal reservation within Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and socially and educationally backward classes to remove inequalities.</p>.<p>Madiga sect of the SC community have been demanding the Karnataka Government to implement the 2012 A J Sadashiva Commission report that favoured internal reservation. But successive governments failed to implement this, he said.</p>.<p>"At least BJP government in Karnataka should take steps to introduce internal reservation, so that poorest within SC will get benefit of reservation," he said.</p>
<p>Congress Rajya Sabha member L Hanumanthaiah on Saturday demanded the Centre to bring an amendment to Constitution of India to give internal reservation within Scheduled Castes to give reservation benefit to the poorest among them.</p>.<p>"Powerful communities within SCs are getting benefit of reservation. Because of this, some of the poorest castes within SCs are not getting any benefit," he told reporters here.</p>.<p>Criticising former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, he said that when Siddaramaiah was the CM, he did not make honest effort to introduce internal reservation.</p>.<p>The Supreme Court recently ruled that states can provide internal reservation within Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and socially and educationally backward classes to remove inequalities.</p>.<p>Madiga sect of the SC community have been demanding the Karnataka Government to implement the 2012 A J Sadashiva Commission report that favoured internal reservation. But successive governments failed to implement this, he said.</p>.<p>"At least BJP government in Karnataka should take steps to introduce internal reservation, so that poorest within SC will get benefit of reservation," he said.</p>
