Hubballi, March 7 -- Calling the Karnataka Budget "anti-development," the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday attacked Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for announcing 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in public works contract and said that this is against the "spirit of the Constitution."

Former Karnataka CM and BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai said that the Budget presented today has increased the state's debt load.

"This budget has neither got certain purpose nor any physical consultation. The state's debt load has increased, and last year's performance was very poor. It is pushing the state into a financial crisis...This is an anti-development budget," Bommai told ANI.

BJP leader CT Ravi said, "It is against the spirit of the constitution...