New Delhi, June 20 -- BJP leader CR Kesavan on Friday targeted the Congress-led Karnataka government following the decision to increase the reservation from 10 to 15 per cent for minorities under the various housing schemes. Kesavan alleged that the Congress was spreading a "divisive" communal agenda and stated that the party was "conspiring" against the constitution.

Kesavan said that the Karnataka government's decision is a "blatant" betrayal of Dr BR Ambedkar's principles of social justice. He highlighted that for Congress, neither the nation, the Constitution, nor the welfare of these communities comes first; for them, their "religious appeasement" policies matter.

"The Congress government in Karnataka is spreading a divisive commun...