New Delhi, March 15 -- BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal on Saturday lambasted the Karnataka government after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led government approved a 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in government contracts.

"It is quite a strange thing. Will the Karnataka Government try to clarify whether the other communities in their state, who also need social and economic upliftment, will be given reservations in the same manner? Focusing only on one community and neglecting the rest of the public, the Karnataka Government's mindset deserves all the criticism it receives," Khandelwal told ANI.

The Karnataka Cabinet approved an amendment to the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement (KTPP) Act that provides a four-percent reservation i...