Chamarajanagar, April 21 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that Congress is opposed to the manner in which the BJP-led government sought to link delimitation with the bill to tweak women's reservation and said the party is in favour of quota for women.

Talking to reporters, Siddaramaiah expressed confidence that Congress candidates will win the Davangere and Bagalkot constituency by-elections.

"The BJP people are against women's reservation. During the time when Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister, the Congress government introduced the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments, bringing reservation for women and backward classes in local bodies. It was the NDA that stalled it in the Rajya Sabha. Now, for political reas...