Union Home Minister Amit Shah has promised to scrap the 4% Muslim quota in Telangana if the BJP comes to power in the state. Speaking at a rally near Hyderabad, Shah called religion-based reservations unconstitutional and offered the right to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and other backward communities. He also criticized the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samiti government for alleged corruption in several projects and accused them of implementing the agenda of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM. Owaisi hit back, saying the BJP had no vision for Telangana besides anti-Muslim hate speech. The assembly election in Telangana is scheduled later this year.
The court also noted that the Karnataka government’s decision had exceeded the 50 per cent ceiling on reservations imposed by the Supreme Court in a landmark judgment in 1992.
The Karnataka government, led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai of the BJP, has defended its decision by saying that it was based on the recommendations of a commission that had examined the socio-economic status of various communities in the state.
The Karnataka government’s decision to scrap the 4 percent reservations for Muslims and distribute it equally between two dominant Hindu communities had been criticized by the Supreme Court earlier this month. The court had stated that the decision exceeded the 50 percent ceiling on reservations imposed by the Supreme Court in a landmark judgment in 1992. However, the Karnataka government led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai of the BJP defended its decision, saying that it was based on the recommendations of a commission that had examined the socio-economic status of various communities in the state.
