Bengaluru (Karnataka), March 28 -- : Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said that the BJP-ruled state of Karnataka's "intention" behind scrapping 4 per cent OBC reservation for Muslims was to spark communal strife between Vokkaligas and Lingayats and the Muslim community.
"All these things are childish issues. Without properly applying the mind, this government wanted to get votes from a certain community. But nothing will happen," the JD-S leader said.
Kumaraswamy termed the government's decision as "unprepared and illegal the way they announced it"
"After the election, this is going to be changed. Everybody is going to scrap it. I request the people of Karnataka not take this issue seriously.
In a cabinet meetin...