Karnataka Deputy CM Urges Prime Minister Modi To Protect State SC ST Reservations

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwar has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Social Justice Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar, urging central intervention to protect the state's $\mathbf{SC}$ and $\mathbf{ST}$ reservation quota increases. The state government had previously raised quotas to 17 percent for Scheduled Castes and 7 percent for Scheduled Tribes, though this measure was subsequently struck down by the Karnataka High Court. Consequently, officials have requested that the Karnataka SC and ST Reservation Act of 2022 be included under the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution to secure necessary constitutional protection and parliamentary amendments.