The question of identity has become a new fashion in the contemporary federal Ethiopia. Various communities have been raising questions related with the recognition of one’s ethnic identity. Some claimants submitted their cases to the concerned authority and others don’t. Though the number claimants have been increasing from time to time, the reason behind the emerging questions of identities has not been addressed in the discussion about Ethiopian politics. Such a gap in the academia gave birth to this study. The main objective is to explore the reasons contained therein as regards the rise of identity question with a particular emphasis on the question of Welkäyit. In order to achieve the desired objective(s) the study employed qualitative research methodology. Furthermore, among the various qualitative research designs case study research design is used in this study due to the fact that the question of Welkäyit brings an important case to study Ethiopian federalism and constitution. The data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The findings of the study reveals that the major reason behind the rise of identity question in Welkäyit is related with the natural desire for recognition of one’s identity fueled by the introduction of ethnic based federalism in Ethiopia. Besides, the nature of discourse that has grown up around the question of identity raised by the people of Welkäyit indicated that the question of Welkäyit had/has nothing to do with claiming a distinctive identity but it is indisputably a quest for the restoration of their Amharanet. For that matter, had the regime promoted Ethiopianism over regionalism, there would be no such a crisis in Welkäyit and other parts of the country.