BJP state president BY Vijayendra urged the government to drop the move forthwith warning that such a roster system would divide the society based on religion.
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on May 7 backtracked from his Muslim reservation remark and said quota should be on a social basis, not on religious grounds. 'I implemented the 'Mandal Commission'. Reservation is social-based and not religion-based,' the former Bihar CM said
The case will now be heard in July 2023.
In March 2023, the Karnataka government announced its decision to scrap the four per cent quota for minorities and add it to the existing quota of two dominant communities of the poll-bound state.
Telangana Congress Chief promised that if voted to power in next elections, the Congress would introduce a Sub-Plan for minorities and earmark about 12 per cent of total budget for their welfare.