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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Thursday, July 18, that the \u201cconfusions\u201d over the jobs quota Bill will be taken up in the next Cabinet meeting. He also said that the Congress government in the state has decided to withhold the bill mandating job reservation for Kannadigas in private sector due to \u201ccertain confusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cOn Monday, complete discussion (on the topic) could not take place in the cabinet meeting. By then reports had appeared in the media,\u201d he told the Karnataka Assembly, adding that there was some \u201cconfusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWe will clear those confusions in the next cabinet meeting. Let’s have a detailed discussion,\u201d he said while replying to Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka\u2019s demand to clarify the state government\u2019s stand on the reservation Bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ashoka pointed out that Siddaramaiah changed his post on X (formerly Twitter) three times, recalling the first post on 100 per cent reservation for Kannadigas in the private sector which was later deleted. He said the chief minister then posted another message saying that there will be 50 per cent reservation in the management category and 70 per cent in non-management category for Kannadigas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cFinally, you announced putting the bill on hold. There appears to be a Tughlaq government in Karnataka,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In his reply, Siddaramaiah said, \u201cThere is no Tughlaq government, but Siddaramaiah government. We will take up the bill in the next cabinet meeting.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
On Monday, the state Cabinet approved the Karnataka State Employment of Local Candidates in Industries, Factories, and Other Establishments Bill, 2024, which mandates that private firms reserve jobs for Kannadigas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“Any industry, factory or other establishments shall appoint fifty per cent of local candidates in management categories and seventy per cent in non-management categories,” the Bill read. If the candidates do not possess secondary school certificates with Kannada as a language, they should pass a Kannada proficiency test as specified by the ‘Nodal Agency’, it added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n