Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar defended Karnataka state cabinet passing a bill granting a four per cent reservation to Muslims in public contracts and said that it was done to protect the backward class people.
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.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday targeted Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav over party leader Abu Azmi's remarks praising Aurangzeb.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has termed the first Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting on delimitation as "a good beginning" to save "the federal structure and the constitution of this country." The meeting, hosted by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, was held here on Sa
The JAC unanimously demanded transparency from the Union government over any delimitation exercise and asked to extend the freeze on Parliamentary constituencies based on 1971 Census Population for next 25 years.
Reiterating Union Home Minister Amit Shah's comment on DMK in Rajya Sabha, Bharatiya Janata Party's Tamilisai Soundarajan slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin over conducting the 1st Joint Action Committee Meeting on the issue of delimitation.
Shivakumar further congratulated Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin for taking this step. Expressing pride, Shivakumar stated that Stalin is protecting the federal structure and the Constitution of this country.
"Many great leaders like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Dr BR Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule, and others have shown the path of social progress by taking along all religions and castes. We have to carry forward this legacy. India is a symbol of unity and diversity. We have just celebrated Holi, an
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, along with several other ministers, participated in the Cauvery Aarti in Bengaluru on Friday, offering prayers to the sacred river.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday lashed out at the BJP as a "cultureless party" which patronised Bombay Boys and whose party member assaulted a woman in the Vidhana Soudha.