Amid the din in Karnataka Meeting over Opposition protests demanding a judicial probe into allegations of honey-trap, a Invoice was handed Friday to supply 4% reservation for Muslims in public contracts.
Chief of Opposition R Ashoka termed the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements (Modification) Invoice, which was piloted by Regulation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H Ok Patil, “unconstitutional”.
The Cupboard final Friday had accepted an modification to the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements (KTPP) Act, reserving for Muslims 4% of contracts in (civil) works valued as much as `2 crore, and items/companies procurement contracts as much as Rs 1 crore. This was introduced by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in his 2025-26 Finances, offered on March 7.
At current, Karnataka has reservation in civil works contracts for SC/STs (24%) and OBC contractors belonging to Class-1 (4%) and Class-2A (15%). The modification to the KTPP Act prolonged the reservation advantages to the 2B class, which has 4% reservation for Muslims.
The Invoice was handed on the finish of the final day of the Finances session after the suspension of 18 MLAs for disrespecting the Speaker’s chair. BJP and JD(S) legislators submitted a joint petition to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot towards the Invoice, which they claimed, was meant to “solely polarize the societies” and would “destroy the social cloth, concord among the many non secular societies”.
The petition urged the Governor to cancel the “unconstitutionally moved Invoice”.
As per the Invoice, it goals to beat the unemployment drawback within the Backward Lessons and to encourage their participation in building works, not exceeding 4% for the individuals belonging to the class 2B of backward lessons (Muslims), out of the full variety of authorities building works as much as Rs 2 crore.
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Earlier within the day, two different Payments which supplied for a major hike within the salaries of ministers and legislators have been additionally handed.
The Karnataka Ministers Salaries and Allowances (Modification) Invoice on salaries for ministers supplied for a hike within the month-to-month wage of the chief minister from Rs 75,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh and of the ministers from Rs 60,000 to Rs 1.25 lakh. Equally, sumptuary allowance for CM and ministers was elevated from Rs 4.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. Salaries of ministers of state additionally elevated from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000, aside from hike in different allowances supplied to them.
The recurring expenditure as a result of hike might be Rs 10 crore each year, the Invoice mentioned.
The Karnataka Legislature Salaries, Pensions and Allowances (Modification) Invoice supplied for a hike within the month-to-month salaries of the Speaker of Legislative Meeting and Chairman of Legislative Council from Rs 75,000 to Rs 1.25 lakh, and sumptuary allowance from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. The month-to-month salaries of the Chief of Opposition will improve from Rs 60,000 to Rs 80,000 and of MLAs and MLCs from Rs 40,000 to Rs 80,000. The overall recurring expenditure as a result of hike might be Rs 52 crore each year, the Invoice mentioned.
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Different allowances of MLAs and MLCs, and pensions of former legislators have been additionally elevated. “There’s a appreciable improve in the price of dwelling. Subsequently, it’s thought-about needed to reinforce the salaries and allowances of the parliamentary functionaries and the legislators…” the assertion of objects and causes of the Invoice mentioned.