Karnataka job reservation: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that the state Cabinet has approved a bill mandating 50% reservation for administrative posts and 75% for non-administrative roles in private industries and organizations for Kannadigas.
The tweet came hours after he deleted an earlier tweet confirming a ‘100 per cent’ reservation for Kannadigas. The Karnataka Cabinet on Monday cleared the Karnataka State Employment of Local Candidates in the Industries, Factories and Other Establishments Bill, 2024, which makes it compulsory for private firms to reserve jobs for Kannadigas.
ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಕೈಗಾರಿಕೆಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಇತರೆ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗೆ ಆಡಳಿತಾತ್ಮಕ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಶೇ.50 ಹಾಗೂ ಆಡಳಿತಾತ್ಮಕವಲ್ಲದ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಶೇ.75 ಮೀಸಲಾತಿ ನಿಗದಿಪಡಿಸುವ ವಿಧೇಯಕಕ್ಕೆ ಸೋಮವಾರ ನಡೆದ ಸಚಿವ ಸಂಪುಟ ಸಭೆಯು ಒಪ್ಪಿಗೆ ನೀಡಿದೆ.
ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು ಕನ್ನಡದ ನೆಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಉದ್ಯೋಗ ವಂಚಿತರಾಗುವುದನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿ, ತಾಯ್ನಾಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ… pic.twitter.com/Rz6a0vNCBz
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 17, 2024
The Karnataka CM on Wednesday deleted his post previous post on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) about ‘100 per cent reservation for Kannadigas’ in private sector jobs.
“It is our government’s wish that Kannadigas should be given an opportunity to lead a comfortable life in the motherland. We are a pro-Kannada government. Our priority is to look after the welfare of Kannadigas,” he said.
The message Siddaramaiah had posted on ‘X’ on Tuesday was, “The Cabinet meeting held yesterday approved a bill to make recruitment of 100 per cent Kannadigas mandatory for “C and D” grade posts in all private industries in the state.”
“Apparently he corrected his message. The proposed bill never said 100 per cent reservation. Hence, he deleted the previous message and rectified the mistake in the new message,” news media agency PTI reported quoting an official close to the CM of Karnataka.
Karnataka govt on backfoot over job reservation bill
The Congress government in Karnataka went on the defensive after an aggressive push for a ‘100 per cent reservation’ for Kannadigas in the private sector operating in the state following a severe backlash from business honchos and tech tycoons.
The Ministers who approved the Karnataka State Employment of Local Candidates in the Industries, Factories and Other Establishments Bill, 2024 in the Cabinet meeting on Monday assured industries not to have any fear or apprehensions as they would have more discussions on it.
“Any industry, factory or other establishments shall appoint fifty per cent of local candidates in management categories and seventy percent in non-management categories,” the bill read.
If the candidates do not possess secondary school certificates with Kannada as a language, should pass a Kannada proficiency test as specified by the ‘Nodal Agency,’ it added.
The nodal agency will have powers to call for any records information or documents in the possession of an employer or occupier or manager of an establishment for the purpose of verifying the report.
