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UP Deputy CM Keshav Maurya criticises Karnataka govt's 4% Minority reservation quota bill

Lucknow, March 22: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday criticized Karnataka's decision to amend the KTPP Act to provide 4 per cent reservation in tenders for minority contractors, stating that Babasaheb Ambedkar was always against religious-based reservation and Congress will pay for the "cheap trick" it has pulled to garner 'Muslim votes'.

Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai calls delimitation issue artificial

Chennai, March 22: Even as the first Joint Committee meeting on delimitation called by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin got underway, Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai led a black flag protest outside the meeting venue. The BJP was protesting the stand taken by Karnataka on the Mekkadatu dam issue and the Kerala Governments stand on the Mullaperiyar dam and demanded that CM Stalin take up these issues first.

Proposed delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies hangs as a threat over south India: CM Vijayan

Chennai, March 22: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, participating in the Joint Action Council meeting convened by his Tamil Nadu counterpart M.K. Stalin on Saturday, said various reports indicate that the BJP-led Union Government is going ahead with the delimitation process without any consultation, and contended that this sudden move is not driven by any constitutional principle or any democratic imperative, but by "narrow political interests".

BJP rejects political agenda on delimitation, SS(UBT) supports concerns over Census' impact

New Delhi, March 22: BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi while speaking on the delimitation issue on Saturday, emphasised that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin's attempt to turn delimitation into a political issue is unwise and there should be no political agenda. However, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP, Priyanka Chaturvedi expressed concerns about the possible impact of delimitation based on the upcoming Census.