Ugrappa urges Modi to include Karnataka's 56 per cent reservation law in Ninth Schedule

Bengaluru, Nov 12 (UNI) Former Congress MP and senior leader VS Ugrappa has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include Karnataka's 56 per cent reservation law for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution to protect it from legal challenges. In a letter to Modi, Ugrappa also sought amendments to Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution to enable reservation beyond the existing 50 per cent ceiling, arguing that the interests of socially and educationally backward communities should be protected. He pointed out that the Karnataka government, under the…