BENGALURU, April 27 -- The BJP has objected to Karnataka government's decision to introduce revised internal reservation within Scheduled Castes, questioning its basis and impact, while the Congress has defended the move as a long-pending measure backed by public support.

Chitradurga BJP MP Govind Karjol asked the government to clarify whether it had rejected the Justice HN Nagamohan Das Commission's report as unscientific. Referring to the restructuring of the quota, he said the decision was the "final nail in the coffin."

He also said the division of the 15% reservation into 5.25%, 5.25% and 4.5% "betrays" marginalised communities.

Leader of the Opposition in the legislative council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy said the decision, taken af...