Basavaraj Bommai was speaking about the recent decision by Siddaramaiah's cabinet on providing internal reservation among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) in the state, by recommending an amendment of Article 341(3) of the Constitution
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Given that sub-reservation is horizontal in nature and would not add to the quantum of vertical reservation that already exists in the state, attempts at providing sub-reservation should not come under the scanner of the judiciary, as long as it is backed by empirical evidence to prove multidimensional backwardness
The previous BJP govt, while rejecting the Sadashiva Commission report on SC sub-categories, had accepted some directions of a Cabinet sub-committee on it, and forwarded it to the Centre
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