Owaisi slams BJP for scrapping 4% quota for Muslims in Karnataka

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday slammed the BJP-led Karnataka government for abolishing the 4 percent reservation for Muslims in the state.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. (File photo)

By India Today News Desk: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday slammed the BJP-led Karnataka government for abolishing the 4 percent reservation for Muslims in the state.

He also launched an attack on Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) for remaining silent on the scrapping of the Muslim quota.

He took to Twitter and wrote, “It’s been a day since Karnataka BJP scrapped 4% quota for poor Muslims. It was redistributed to Vokkaliggas & Lingayats who are dominant forward castes. They also already had quota. BJP’s Muslim hatred is well known. But Congress & JDS are also silent. What’s their stand?”

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BOMMAI GOVT SCRAPS 4% MUSLIM QUOTA

The Basavaraj Bommai-led government has scrapped the 4 per cent quota for Muslims and placed them on the 10 per cent reservation offered to Economically Weaker Sections.

The government also decided that the 4 per cent quota of Muslims will be given to Vokkaligas (2 per cent) and Lingayats (2 per cent) for whom two new reservation categories of 2C and 2D were created during the Belagavi Assembly Session last year.

Additionally, the Karnataka government has hiked reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) from 15 to 17 per cent and Scheduled Tribes (STs) from 3 to 7 per cent.

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