Lucknow, March 26 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath fiercely criticised DK Shivakumar and the Congress party, reacting to Shivakumar's recent remarks on constitutional changes to accommodate "religion-based" reservations in Karnataka as a direct affront to Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar's legacy.

Terming it as an "insult" to the Constitution, Adityanath in an exclusive interview with ANI, explained that during the framing of the Constitution, Ambedkar had rejected religion-based quotas.

"The Karnataka government giving reservations on the basis of religion is an insult to the Constitution given by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar. During discussions in the Constituent Assembly, the issue of religion-based reservations was raised, an...