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Community seeks special package

BANGALORE: Karnataka Rajya Kammarara Sangha has urged the State Government to consider their community under Special Category and provide special economic packages as provided to weaver, uppar and fishermen communities. Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, the sangha chairman Krishnappa said that the Kammarara, a minority community, has been categorised under Scheduled 2A. The community has been denied reservation, he said. — Staff Reporter

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