Citing the Supreme Courts cap of 50 per cent on the reservation, Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Monday called the Modi governments to move of 10 per cent reservation for economically backward upper castes in jobs and educational institutions as an "election gimmick".

Singhvi, among the first to inform on twitter about the cabinet's approval to 10 per cent reservation to economically backward upper castes, questioned whether the Modi government had the majority in Parliament to carry out the Constitutional amendment.