Bengaluru, March 26 : The Hindutva BJP government has scrapped the 4 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslims in Indian state Karnataka. According to Kashmir Media Service, the announcement by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai comes just a month before assembly election is scheduled to be held in the southern state.
The 4 per cent OBC Muslim quota has been divided between the Vokkaligas and Lingayats.
Muslims eligible for quota have been categorised under economically weaker sections now.
“We have taken some important decisions,” the BJPs CM Bommai told reporters .
“A cabinet sub-committee recommended the changes in quota categories and we have done it,” he said.