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.
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The then Deve Gowda govt’s move in 1994 to allot reservation to Muslims under ‘2B’ category for being ‘socially and educationally’ backward was part of a historical process that began during the rule of Mysore princely state in 1918