Mumbai, March 24 -- Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned until 2 PM today amid heated protests sparked by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's comments regarding potential "constitution changes" related to the state's decision to allocate a four percent quota to Muslims in government contracts.

The controversy stems from the Karnataka Assembly's passage of a bill on Friday providing four percent reservation for Muslims in public contracts. This amendment reserves four percent of civil works contracts up to Rs 2 crore and goods/services contracts up to Rs 1 crore for individuals belonging to Category 2B (Muslims) of the Other Backward Classes (OBC).

Members of the ruling BJP disrupted proceedings in both the Lok Sabha and ...