Abhishek Singhvi justifies quota for Muslims in award of contracts in Karnataka as it seeks to address backwardness in the community
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Abhishek Singhvi justifies quota for Muslims in award of contracts in Karnataka as it seeks to address backwardness in the community

The Hindu  

Justifying the reservation extended to Muslims in Karnataka, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Abhishek Manu Singhvi has said the 4% quota announced for Muslims in the award of contracts seeks to address the backwardness in the community. Mr. Singhvi’s observation came in response to a query from a reporter at a press conference here on Saturday, a day after the State Cabinet approved an amendment to the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement Act to introduce 4% reservation in government tenders to Muslim contractors under the 2B category of the Other Backward Classes. On delimitation Mr. Singhvi described the dissatisfaction expressed by the governments of certain southern States over the possible decline in the number of Lok Sabha seats during the proposed delimitation exercise as a “serious issue” that begs the attention of the ruling party and government at the Centre. Reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement that the southern States would not lose a single Lok Sabha seat, Mr. Singhvi argued that there would be a “relative reduction” in the number of seats when the seats in other parts of the country, where population had increased, go up.

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