BRS flays CM for half-hearted attempts to implement 42% BC quota

HYDERABAD

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has alleged that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is continuously deceiving backward classes in Telangana as the efforts of the State government to implement 42% reservation to BCs have been half-hearted so far and its ‘drama’ in New Delhi for the last two days has been giving rise to suspicion over the quota implementation.

Stating that caste census conducted by the Revanth Reddy government was not a role model for the country as claimed by the Chief Minister himself, BRS legislators K.P. Vivekanand and Shambipur Raju and party leader Kyama Mallesh said here on Friday that it was an utter flop model as it had pruned the BC population numbers than their actual strength.

They sought to know whether implementing the 42% quota for BCs was possible by subverting the due procedure. They reminded the Chief Minister that he had told the Assembly while passing the BC reservation Bills with all parties’ support that he would lead an all-party delegation to Delhi to pursue with the Centre for its support to get the President’s assent for the Bills. But he did not keep his word.

The BRS leaders also criticised the Chief Minister for making insulting comments on BRS MLC D. Sravan, Congress MLA K. Shankaraiah and Minister V. Srihari. Unlike Mr. Revanth Reddy, the three had risen to the present positions with their hard work and not by carrying cash bags for others. Mr. Sravan had played a role in the Statehood movement and as a teacher had moulded several students.

Alleging that insulting BCs had become routine for the Chief Minister, the BRS leader demanded an apology from the Chief Minister to the three leaders. They also suggested to find ways to achieve enhanced reservation for BCs in a scientific manner and before that fulfil the promises made in the BC Declaration.