Bengaluru, May 3,2023: Taking a swipe at the Congress in poll-bound Karnataka, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Dr BR Ambedkar was against reservation based on religion, and yet Congress party is determined to give reservation to Muslims.
“Babasaheb Ambedkar had said that reservation cannot be given on the basis of religion. This is the basis of our Constitution … Today Congress is saying that we will give reservations to the Muslims,” Sarma said.
In the manifesto of the Congress, Sarma said the poll document of the grand old party looks like the manifesto of People’s Front of India and some fundamentalist Muslim organisations.
On implementation of Uniform Civil Code, Sarma said it will guarantee gender justice and equal rights for Muslim women in the southern state.
