Calling it an "insult" to the Constitution framed by Ambedkar, Adityanath, in an exclusive interview with ANI, explained that during the framing of the Constitution, Ambedkar had rejected religion-based quotas.
Congress MP Rajeev Shukla on Tuesday defended Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar over the controversy surrounding his reported statement on amending the Constitution, alleging that the ruling party misrepresented it.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday launched a sharp attack on Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and the Congress party, accusing them of pursuing "Muslim appeasement" under the guise of altering the Constitution.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor attacked the ruling government on Monday for disrupting the Parliament and said that the issue the government raised is "irrelevant" as it is a state subject.
Addressing the controversy, Shivakumar asserted, "I am a sensible, senior politician, more so than Mr Nadda. I have been in the Assembly for the last 36 years. I have basic common sense. I casually said there would be changes after various judgements. As per the quota for backward classes
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Monday unleashed a fierce critique of the Congress party, branding it as "anti-constitution, anti-reservation, and anti-Ambedkar" in reaction to a reported statement by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday slammed Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai's remarks on delimitation, calling him unimportant and lacking knowledge on the matter.
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.
Speaking to ANI, Muniraj said "This is a political game that DK Shivakumar is playing... In all of this, we don't want the people of Karnataka to suffer. The state will run whether someone stays or not, but the interest of the people should not suffer."
Earlier, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has termed the reports suggesting that he is getting close to the BJP "false propaganda," emphasising that he was a born Congressman.
Amid a row over his visit to the Maha Shivaratri celebrations at Isha Foundation, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that the ideology of the Congress party is to take everyone in society together.