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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'.

Proposed Amendment granting 4 per cent quota in Govt contracts to Muslims is unconstitutional and discriminatory: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje

New Delhi March 22: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje has urged Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to withhold consent to a proposed amendment to the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements Act, which seeks to reserve 4 per cent of government contracts for minority communities, arguing that such a provision violates 'constitutional principles of equality, secularism, and non-discrimination' while potentially deepening social and economic divisions.