Karnataka's local quota law will not pass judicial scrutiny: Sharad Pawar
Sharad Pawar who heads his own faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) does not seem to be in favour of the Karnataka Congress government's move to bring in a bill that reserves jobs for locals in the private sector. Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that the bill passed by Karnataka will not pass judicial scrutiny. This even as the Congress in Maharashtra batting for a similar such law in Maharashtra.
" The Karnataka government's decision will not be upheld in the court, it will be struck down..«said Pawar when asked by journalists. Pawar also took on the freebie and sops being announced by the Maharashtra government saying that it was not fiscally prudent and would hurt the state financially.
He added, » This ladki bahin yojna(where women in the state get Rs 1500 per month from the state and this ladka bhau(stipend for educated youths)… Iam worried about the (fiscal) situation of the state. There was a time when Maharashtra was in the list of first three states when it came to states having the highest per capita income. The figures by the Niti Ayog a few days back shows that we have slipped to 11 now, this is worrisome.«said Pawar.
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He added, " The financial position of the state is such that we have a debt of 7.80 lakh crore… In the budget a lot of things have been announced… We were once a powerful and financially stable state but now we are that juncture where people have to reconsider the earlier picture.
