He further said, "Before 2014, when the Congress was in power, it issued an ordinance for 5% reservation. It was also their fault that the law was not finalised. The matter went to the High Court. The High Court said that Muslims should be given 5% reservation in education."
The Maharashtra government's social justice department cancelled its earlier resolution of granting 5% reservation to the Muslim community for educational institutions and government and semi-government jobs, a provision that had been legally invalidated over a decade ago.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) spokesperson Manne Krishank slammed Telangana CM Revanth Reddy over his latter's assurance to safeguard the 4 per cent minority reservation on Saturday.
Rao alleged that the CM is following the ideological path laid down by Mohammad Ali Jinnah's "infamous 14 Points of 1929", suggesting that the Congress party's agenda in Telangana is now apparent.
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, on Friday, criticised the Congress Party over its recent moves in Telangana, accusing it of pursuing appeasement politics and attempting to manipulate backward class (BC) reservations to favour Muslims.
"Yesterday, the parties that use to talk about Muslim reservations and talk about bringing Muslims to the mainstream - the same parties betrayed Muslims and supported the bill... They are exposed now... We will go to the court and will be on the road to protest..." he said.
BJP Rajya Sabha MP K Laxman has criticized Telangana for including 90% of Muslims in the OBC category, accusing the state of playing vote bank politics and undermining the rights of OBC communities. He also mentioned Karnataka's plans for Muslim reservation.
"It is reprehensible and unfortunate that Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, leader of the Congress and INDI alliance and closest to the Gandhi family, is talking about changing the Constitution by snatching the reservation given to SC, ST and OBC brothers and giving it to Muslim
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sambit Patra on Monday criticized Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar over his alleged remarks on the Constitution, accusing the Congress party of attempting to partition the country again.
The Karnataka state cabinet approved an amendment to the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement (KTPP) Act, which aims to provide 4 per cent reservation in tenders to Minority contractors, official sources said.
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.