Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday met BJP president J P Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah and said he discussed various issues related to the reservation and cabinet expansion in the s♉tate.
Speaking to reporters after meeting with BJP's top brass here, Bommai said several issues related to reservation in the state were di🌟scussed w𒊎hile asserting that the party emphasises on social justice.
The Karnataka CM said th🔥at he also discussed cabinet expansion with the BJP's top leadership.
Earlier in the day, Bommai said in Belagavi he would be travelling to New Delhi to discuss with the BJP's national๊ leadership cabinet expansion and preparations for the 2023 Assembly polls.
There were some reports 🐲of possible cabinet expansion by filling six vacant posts or 𒊎a kind of a rejig by dropping a few and inducting an equal number of new faces.
Bommai has also to ensure legal protection to his government's decision of hiking the ꦐSC/ST quota, which has taken the total reservation in Karnataka to 56 per cent, exceeding the 50 per cent cap, by bringing it under the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
Further, Panchamasali Lingayats are mounting pressure on him to put them under Categor♚y 2A from Category 3B of OBC reservation matrix. Then, there is pressure to implement internal quotas for SC/STs. Also, Vokkaligas are putting pressure on Bommai to hike their quota from 4 to 12 per cent.
