Karnataka Government on Thursday assured the Supreme Court that no admissions or appointments will be taken place on the basis of a government order, scrapping four per cent (Other Backward Classes) OBC reservation for Muslims, till April 18.
"Congress says they will take back the reservation which we have announced. There is no question of them (congress) coming to power. They can't take back the reservation as they will never come to power," said CM Bommai.
Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said that the BJP-ruled state of Karnataka's "intention" behind scrapping 4 per cent OBC reservation for Muslims was to spark communal strife between Vokkaligas and Lingayats and the Muslim community.
While addressing the media, DK Shivakumar said, "I am confident that Congress will come to power after the next 45 days. We will scrap all these reservations as there is no base in this there was no report," he said.
Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission has been asked to submit its report as early as possible in regard to hike in quota for the vokkaliga community, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday said the government would take appropriate measures to give proper representation to the backward groups within the Vokkaliga community in the state.
Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda submitted a memorandum to PM Modi on issues focusing on the Hassan Green Field airport project in Karnataka; allocation of waters of inter-state rivers Cauvery, Krishna, Mahadayi and inclusion of Kunchitiga as a sub-caste of Vokkaliga in central list of OB
A new political tussle came to the fore after posters against the Karnataka Horticulture Minister N Muniratna were seen across the Rajarajeshwari Nagar after Congress cited deleting of votes and complained to the Election Commission that the Vokkaliga votes were being deleted from the voter
Expressing anger over the scheduled unveiling of the statue of Kempegowda by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 11, Kumaraswamy said, "If Narendra Modi is brought to unveil the statue of Kempegowda, BJP will not get Vokkaliga votes".
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