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.
"It is quite a strange thing. Will the Karnataka Government try to clarify whether the other communities in their state, who also need social and economic upliftment, will be given reservations in the same manner? Focusing only on one community and neglecting the rest of the public, the K
"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.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday confirmed that 4 per cent of public works contracts will now be reserved for Muslims under a category called Category-II B, while presenting Karnataka government's Budget.
Union Minister Reddy said that Congress' promise to provide reservations for Muslims was a "betrayal" of Babasaheb Ambedkar's vision adding that the move not only promotes communal division but also jeopardises reservations meant for the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Cl
BJP National Spokesperson CR Kesavan hit out at the Congress government in Karnataka and alleged that the fresh smoking gun documents in the media has exposed that the state government was proposing 4 percent Muslim reservation and asked why the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was lying.
The Karnataka Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on Tuesday responded to media reports claiming that the state government was considering a proposal for Muslim reservation in jobs, calling the reports "another new lie."
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's stance on the Constitution and criticised the Congress party's approach towards religious reservations, specifically for Muslims.
As the BJP ally Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is gearing up to form government in Andhra Pradesh after registering a landslide victory in the state assembly elections, party leader K Ravindra Kumar said on Friday that the reservation provided to the Muslims will continue in the state.
Before leaving for the Ghosi parliamentary constituency for the Lok Sabha election campaign on Monday, CM Yogi said, "The competition among opposition parties to give reservations to Muslims is dangerous."
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the reservation based on religion is unconstitutional adding that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is against any kind of Muslim reservation.