During the question hour opposition leader K Jana Reddy challenged the figures provided by the finance minister during his speech and said during the budget speech finance minister asserted that the minority population is 11 pc while the government has announced 12 pc reservations to minorities. If the population is 11 pc how could government provide 12 pc reservations. On this finance minister clarified that the actual minority population is 12 pc it was written 11 pc in budget speech by mistake. The clarification landed finance minister into further trouble as the minority population as per social survey is 14.46 pc. On non-stop questioning by Jana Reddy and other members Finance Minister assured that he would soon acknowledge the house with the exact figures.
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