After the Karnataka government approved a 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in government contracts, state Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Monday said that all 5 to 6 minority communities will come under this reservation.
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Calling the Karnataka government's approval of a 4 per cent minority quota in contracts as "anti-constitutional and anti-democratic," BJP MLC N Ravikumar said that the BJP will raise the issue in both the Houses on Monday.
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Speaking to reporters at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee's office, Shivakumar said, "The reservation of contracts for minorities is only up to Rs 2 crores. In the past, similar arrangements were done for SC/STs. This is for all minorities and not just for Muslims."
Reddy added that the Congress government in Karnataka believes in "serving people" without regard to their religion, language, or caste. She said that the BJP was "jealous" of the good works being carried out by the state government.
He said that contractors should not be given concessions based on religion. Rashidi asserted that reservations must be given to the poor of all religions.
"If we all have this feeling that we are Indian, we were, and we will continue to be - it will put an end to communal riots and politics based on religion and then only the country will move forward. No one should try to divide this nation," Kumar told ANI.
The Karnataka government has approved a four per cent reservation for minorities in government contracts, a decision that has sparked criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday clarified that the state government's decision to provide a four per cent reservation in government contracts is not exclusive to Muslims but extends to all minority communities and backward classes.
"This reservation in Karnataka has been extended at the patronage of Rahul Gandhi. Siddaramaiah does not have the courage or the political capital to announce this on his own," Ravi Shankar Prasad said,