"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) leader C.R. Kesavan on Monday criticized Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar over his reported remarks about "changing" the Constitution, accusing the Congress of being "communal" and undermining the guarantees provided to backward class communities.
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.
Leader of Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir, Sunil Sharma, has criticized the recently presented J&K budget, alleging that it lacks provisions for daily wage labourers, the unemployed, and marginalized communities such as OBCs, SCs, and STs.
Singh stated, "This time the amount of money, outlaid for SC/ST has highest been ever, it's almost Rs 42,000 crores. Rs 29, 992 crores have been outlaid for the SC department while almost Rs 12, 016 crores have outlaid. It has also previously done by Siddaramaiah government. It is not about
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge remarked on Tuesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party is spreading false information over the allegation of misuse of money of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of stealing reservations in the state. He said that 65 percent reservations given by RJD were not included in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution led by the BJP-NDA Central Government.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of "taking away" the scholarships of SC, ST, OBC and Minority youth of the country.
Reacting strongly to the comments made by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's remarks in Parliament on Monday, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju questioned whether the LoP understands the representation given to SC, ST, OBC groups in the union government.