The Siddaramaiah administration is considering a proposal to give Muslims preference in public contracts for building (civil) projects worth up to Rs 1 crore. If the plan is approved, Karnataka will receive a 47% quota in government bids.
Rejecting Congress bias in fund allocations, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that every penny due to Karnataka is accounted for and was released on time.
It is notable that Jawaharlal Nehru's sketch appears in the advertisement alongside the drawings of other great leaders from that time like Veer Savarkar.