Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment A. Narayanaswamy, whose recent response in the Rajya Sabha over internal reservation among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) caused a stir, on Saturday hit back at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah who had said the Minister’s response had exposed the “lies and hypocrisy” of the BJP on the issue.
What he said in RS
Responding to a question whether the Union government was mulling over a constitutional amendment to Article 341 to allow internal reservation, the Minister had said the matter was sub judice and that of the 20 States that had submitted their opinion on recommendation to amend the Article, seven had supported it, while 13 States had opposed it.
