Bengaluru, July 17 (UNI) In a scathing critique, former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai on Wednesday condemned Karnataka's new private jobs reservation bill as discriminatory and unconstitutional.
The bill, which aims to reserve 50 percent of management positions and 75 percent of non-management roles for locals, has come under intense scrutiny for its potential to unfairly exclude minority communities.
Pai highlighted a critical flaw in the bill’s criteria, noting, "Consider the implications of this bill: many individuals from minority communities who studied Urdu and lack Kannada in their school leaving certificates will face discrimination. Will they be unfairly labeled as 'non-local'? This policy risks alienating and disadvantaging their own constituents and supporters."