New Delhi, March 24 -- Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Monday accused the BJP of resorting to "diversionary tactics" in Parliament to make allegations against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, which he denied, and said the treasury benches have sought to "completely distort policy announcement of the Karnataka government".

Referring to the Congress government's decision to provide four per cent reservation to Muslims in public contracts, Jairam Ramesh said that reservation for the main minority community as part of OBCs was introduced in Karnataka in 1994, and there have been many chief ministers since then.

"He (Shivakumar) has denied. He was not in the Assembly. He has not made that statement and they have com...