Sources in the Chief Minister's Office and Commission said that “oral instructions” were issued to extend the tenure of the Chairman of the Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission, K Jayaprakash Hegde.
As Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil’s December 24 deadline for the Maharashtra government nears its end, he is expected to announce the community's next course of action.
The Karnataka CM is keen on releasing the report ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and leaving his mark as a leader of the backward classes. But he faces opposition from within his party, including from his old rival and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar.