After Salman Khurshid, Union steel minister Beni Prasad Verma dared the Election Commission to take action against him when he declared that quota for Muslims would be increased.
“Reservation for Muslims will be increased and if the EC wants, it can now issue notice to me,” Mr Verma said while addressing a rally at Kaimganj last night in the presence of Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh and Union law minister Khurshid.
The minister said Mr Khurshid was “honestly fighting for the Muslims”. Referring to the row between EC and Mr Khurshid, Mr Beni said that if the Congress comes to power, then they would work for more reservation.
Mr Khurshid had last week triggered a controversy by stating that he would continue to speak on nine per cent sub-quota for minorities even if the Election Commission “hangs me”.
The EC had yesterday put a lid on the standoff with Mr Khurshid after he expressed regrets over his “defiance” of the poll body over his remarks on sub-quota for minorities.