Basava Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swamiji from Kudalasangama Panchamasali Peeta along with community members raises slogans during a sit-in protest, demanding reservation for Panchamasali u...

Kudlusangama Panchamsali Mutt Seer, Sri Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami, along with community members during a 'Satyagraha' to demand inclusion in the 2A reservation category in Bengaluru....

Police personnel block the road as members of the Panchamasali (Lingayat) community take part in a rally demanding for the inclusion of Lingayat community in the 2A reservation cat...

BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal (a critic of Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa) with members the Panchamasali (Lingayat) community during a rally demanding for the inclusion of Lingayat...

Members of the Panchamasali (Lingayat) community during a rally demanding for the inclusion of Lingayat community in the 2A reservation category, in Bengaluru.

Members of the Panchamasali (Lingayat) community during a rally demanding for the inclusion of Lingayat community in the 2A reservation category, in Bengaluru.

Members of Panchamasali (Lingayat) community during a Panchamasali convention to demand for inclusion in the 2A reservation category, in Bengaluru.

BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal (a critic of Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa) speaks during a 'Panchamasali' convention to demand inclusion in the 2A reservation category in Bengaluru.

Sri Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami with Vachanananda Swami (L) during 'Panchamasali' convention, to demand for inclusion in the 2A reservation category, in Bengaluru

Sri Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami speaks as Sri Vachanananda Swami (R) looks on during the Panchamasali convention to demand for the inclusion of Lingayat community in the 2A reservation...

Maratha community members during their agitation demanding for reservation in education and government services, near the Collectors office at Bandra (East) in Mumbai.

Gujjar community sit around a bonfire as they block railway tracks during their agitation for reservation in jobs and edication, at Pilupura village of Bharatpur district.

Maratha community members stage a protest demanding reservation in education and government services, near the Collector's office at Bandra (East) in Mumbai.

Maratha Kranti Morcha workers stage a protest, demanding the revocation of Supreme Court's stay on Maratha reservation in education and employment, at Bandra in Mumbai.

Maratha Kranti Morcha workers stage a protest, demanding the reservation for Maratha community in education and employment, in Thane.

Maratha Kranti Morcha workers stage a protest against Supreme Court's stay on Maratha reservation, in Mumbai.

Maratha Kranti Morcha activists burn tyres to block the Solapur-Pune Highway during a protest demanding reservation for their community, in Solapur.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot at a protest against the alleged opposition of tampering in reservation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, ...

Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad with his supporters during a protest march against the Supreme Court's ruling that state governments are not bound to provide reservation in p...

Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad supporters during a protest march against the Supreme Court's ruling that state governments are not bound to provide reservation in promotion...