New Delhi, March 24 -- Days after the Karnataka government granted four per cent reservation to minorities in public contracts, BJP MP Mayank Nayak on Monday slammed the move and accused the Congress of playing "politics of religion."

He also slammed remarks of the Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar related to Constitution.

"Karnataka government has announced to provide 4 per cent reservation to the Muslim community in public contracts. Who is doing the politics of religion and giving reservations based on religion? Today, there was a ruckus in the Rajya Sabha and Union Minister JP Nadda strongly objected to the matter that reservation should not be made based on religion," he said.

Meanwhile, Congress chief Mallikarjun Khar...