Lucknow, March 22 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday criticized Karnataka's decision to amend the KTPP Act to provide 4 per cent reservation in tenders for minority contractors, stating that Babasaheb Ambedkar was always against religious-based reservation and Congress will pay for the "cheap trick" it has pulled to garner 'Muslim votes'.

Speaking to ANI, Keshav Prasad Maurya said, "Congress has always been against the backward classes... Babasaheb Ambedkar was strongly against giving reservations on a religious basis. Congress will pay for the cheap trick it pulled to garner the Muslim vote bank in Karnataka..."

Maurya further hit out at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for his silence on the 4 ...