Congress on Sunday stated that if voted to energy within the upcoming Assembly election, it should restore reservation for the Muslim group beneath the OBC record that has been scrapped by the BJP-led authorities in Karnataka.
Addressing mediapersons right here Congress State President D Okay Shivakumar stated, “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 while making this decision.”
He acknowledged that the communities of Vokkaligas and Lingayats may also reject the newly supplied reservation quota given to them by the BJP.
“Vokkaligas and Lingayats are people who are called `annadatas`. They plough the land and give food. They are landowners. We don`t want any of their reservation as minorities are our brothers and this is a country for all the communities. Our country is very rich in our culture. BJP has taken their 4 per cent and distributed 2 per cent each to Vokkaligas and Lingayats. The Vokkaligas and Veerashaiva Lingayats are rejecting this offer,” the Congress chief stated.
Shivakumar additionally termed as “a mockery” the present reservation system within the State beneath the BJP authorities.
“Reservation in Karnataka is a mockery. It is unconstitutional. They think reservations in the State can be distributed like their property but it is not a property it is a right. The minorities of this soil have their own rights. We don`t want their 4 per cent to be scrapped and be given to major communities,” the Congress Karnataka chief stated.
In a cupboard assembly held on Friday the Karnataka authorities scrapped the 4 per cent OBC reservation for Muslims and distributed it to 2 dominant communities, Veerashaiva-Lingayats and Vokkaligas.
It additionally determined to maneuver OBC Muslims to the ten per cent Economically Weaker Section (EWS) class.
While addressing a public assembly on Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated, “Reservations provided to the minority was not as per Constitution. There is no provision in the Constitution to provide reservation on the basis of religion.”
“Congress Government due to its polarisation politics provided reservation to the minority. Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) scrapped that reservation and provided reservations to Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities,” he added. (ANI)
