Bengaluru, Nov. 13 -- A coalition of organisations representing the state's tribal and nomadic communities on Tuesday arrived at a decision to press the state government to establish a commission dedicated to providing internal reservation among scheduled tribes (STs), even as the state prepares legislation to formalise internal reservations within scheduled castes (SCs).

In a meeting called towards that end at Gandhi Bhavan, former Backward Classes Commission chairman CS Dwarkanath said that despite the existence of 15 assembly and three Lok Sabha constituencies reserved for STs, none of the state's 49 tribal communities had meaningful representation in the corridors of power. "These communities are economically, socially and politicall...