Siddaramaiah deletes social media post on Karnataka private jobs reservation amid severe backlash

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday deleted his post that said the state cabinet has cleared 100 per cent quota bill for Kannadigas in all Group C and Group D jobs in private companies.

This comes after prominent industry leaders criticized the Congress government's move. Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said the move must not affect Bengaluru's position as a tech hub in the country.

"As a tech hub we need skilled talent and whilst the aim is to provide jobs for locals we must not affect our leading position in technology by this move. There must be caveats that exempt highly skilled recruitment from this policy," she said in a social media post.


Echoing her sentiment, Mohandas Pai said that the proposed bill is against India's Constitution.

"This bill should be junked. It is discriminatory, regressive and against the Constitution," Pai said. He asked Congress leader Jairam Ramesh if the government was the one who will provide the certification.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Labor Minister Santosh S issued a clarification today and said, "At management (level), it has been decided to provide reservation to 50% of the people. At the non-management level, it has been decided to provide work to 70%. If such skills are not available, people can be outsourced and they can be given work here. But the Government is trying to bring in a law to give preference to locally available skills - if it is available here. "