 Reddy's decision was met with angry denunciations and protests by members of the Janata Party who even threatened to have him impeached.Although heading a caretaker government, Singh proposed as many as seven ordinances on a broad range of matters from effecting changes in company law, providing state funding of elections and reservation of jobs for the backward classes.Reddy however refused to promulgate the ordinances arguing that such momentous changes could not be made by a caretaker government.