Bengaluru, March 27 -- Karnataka Minister for Electronics, IT/BT, and Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Priyank Kharge, has defended the state government's move to extend reservations in civil work contracts, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of spreading misinformation.

In a post on social media platform X, Kharge stated that the reservations are backed by constitutional provisions under Article 15(4) and 16(4), which empower the government to provide affirmative action for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBCs).

He cited multiple judicial rulings and commissions that have upheld the classification of Muslims as a Backward Class in Karnataka.

"Unable to debate or reason, BJP is as usual misleading the nation on r...