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).
Kannada actress Ranya Rao, who was arrested in a gold smuggling case last week, approached Sessions Court in Bengaluru on Tuesday for bail. Her move came after the Special Court for Economic Offences here denied her bail.
As the winters recede, temperatures have started to soar. Ainapur Hobli village in the Kalaburagi district of northern Karnataka recorded the maximum temperature in the last 24 hours at 42.8 degrees Celsius.
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,
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Saturday criticized the Karnataka government's decision to clear 4% reservation for Muslim contractors, alleging that some political parties engage in "appeasement politics."
After Karnataka government clears 4 per cent reservation for Muslim contractors, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya on Saturday said that the decisions being made by the Congress government in Karnataka in favor of a particular religious community is "unconstitutional."
BJP National Spokesperson Shahzad Poonawalla has lashed out at the decision of the Karnataka cabinet and stated that the Congress party have broken every level of appeasement.
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