Bengaluru/ Hassan, 6 Dec 

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday called Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy a "Manuvadi" (lover of ‘Manu Smriti’) for seeking the inclusion of Bhagavad Gita in school curriculum.

The CM's dig came in response to Kumaraswamy's recent letter to Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan, requesting the same.

"After Kumaraswamy joined hands with the BJP for elections, he has become a Manuvadi," Siddaramaiah told press after paying tributes to BR Ambedkar on his 69th death anniversary in the City.

Remembering Ambedkar, Siddaramaiah highlighted his contribution to the Constitution and his relentless fight to provide social justice. Fed up with social and caste system in Hinduism, and unable to reform it, Ambedkar accepted Buddhism, the CM noted.

RESERVATION FOR WOMEN 

Speaking in Hassan later, Siddaramaiah continued to flay Kumaraswamy, asking what he had done for backward classes despite claiming to be from the farmer community. 

Noting that the Supreme Court has expressed concern over the non-implementation of women's reservation, he said if reservation should be given, it must be implemented immediately.

“Why should the central government keep postponing this?” he said.