CM Siddaramaiah Puts Controversial Karnataka Private Jobs Quota Bill On Hold Amid Heavy Criticism

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced that the controversial job quota bill for Kannadigas has been temporarily put on hold.

Jul 18, 2024 - 01:30

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CM Siddaramaiah Puts Controversial Karnataka Private Jobs Quota Bill On Hold Amid Heavy Criticism

Bengaluru: In a first-rate development amid the heavy criticim of Karnataka Non-public Jobs Quota Invoice, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah introduced that the controversial job quota bill for Kannadigas has been briefly put on hold. For the unversed, the job quota bill, which mandated reservation for regional residents in non-public zone jobs, faced big criticism from varied sectors.

In a post on X, CM Siddaramaiah observed, “The bill approved by the cabinet to supply reservation for Kannadigas in non-public zone corporations, industries, and enterprises has been briefly put on hold. This will good be revisited and determined in the drawing near days.”

“The draft bill meant to supply reservations for Kannadigas in non-public zone corporations, industries, and enterprises is still in the practise stage. A entire discussion will likely be held in the next cabinet assembly to make a final resolution”, the CM delivered in a separate tweet.

Consistent with the Invoice, “Any passion, manufacturing facility or completely varied corporations shall appoint 50 per cent of regional candidates in administration programs and 70 per cent in non-administration programs.”

Reacting strongly to the state authorities circulate, passion veterans objected to the proposed quota, calling it ‘fascist,’ and ‘rapid-sighted’.

Well-acknowledged entrepreneur and former Chief Finance Officer of Infosys, TV Mohandas Pai dubbed the bill as “regressive”.

“This bill has to be junked. Or not it truly is much discriminatory, regressive and in opposition t the charter, @Jairam_Ramesh (Congress chief) is govt to certify who we're? Or not it truly is a fascist bill as in Animal Farm, wonderful that @INCIndia can supply you a bill like this- a govt officer will sit down on recruitment committees of personal zone? Humans take a language test?” Pai observed on ‘X’.

Pharma manufacturer Biocon Managing Director Kiran Mazumdar Shaw observed, “As a tech hub we favor informed skills and when the purpose is to supply jobs for locals, we now no longer affect our great role in applied sciences by this circulate. There deserve to be caveats that exempt quite informed recruitment from this protection.”

ASSOCHAM, Karnataka co-chairman R Okay Misra observed on ‘X’, “But a completely varied genius circulate from Govt of Karnataka. Mandate LOCAL RESERVATION & APPOINT GOVT OFFICER IN EVERY COMPANY to detect. This will scare Indian IT & GCCs. Brief-sighted.”

Karnataka’s circulate became similar to a bill introduced by the Haryana authorities, mandating Seventy five per cent reservation in non-public zone jobs to the residents of the state. It became, in fact hand, struck down by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on November 17, 2023.

(With inputs from corporations)