Kishan demands Congress govt to scrap Muslim quota
Kishan Reddy
on Saturday demanded the Congress govt to implement 42% quota exclusively for Backward Classes (BCs) in Telangana. He alleged that the Congress govt was discussing the BC reservation only to gain political advantage in the upcoming local body elections.
"Now, under the proposed 42% quota, 10% is allocated to Muslims, leaving the actual BCs with only 32%," Kishan Reddy said while speaking at a dharna programme organised by the OBC Morcha of BJP at Indira Park on Saturday.
The Union minister also alleged that Congress failed to conduct a proper caste survey, especially in Greater Hyderabad. He questioned why Congress did not conduct a caste census when it was in power at the Centre and in the state.
"The Congress had never appointed a BC as either Prime Minister or chief minister. However, the BJP made a BC leader as PM, and chief ministers of several states are from BC communities, and included 27 BC ministers in the Union cabinet," he said.
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He took strong objection to the remarks of chief minister A Revanth Reddy that Narendra Modi was a 'converted BC'. He said that Modi's caste was included under the BC category in Gujarat by the then Congress govt, not by the BJP.
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"Even Banjaras and Goldsmith were included in the ST and BC categories. Would you call them 'converted STs and BCs too?" Kishan Reddy asked.
Meanwhile, BJP state president N Ramchander Rao said the party would oppose reservations based on religion and demanded the scrapping of the 10% quota for Muslims.
"The Revanth Reddy govt is trying to politicise the issue of BC reservations by planning a dharna at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, as it is unable to implement the promised 42% BC quota in the state. To cover its inefficiency and failures, the Congress is blaming the Centre and the BJP govt," he said.
BJP leaders A Maheshwar Reddy, Eatala Rajender, R Krishnaiah, NVSS Prabhakar, and others spoke at the meeting.
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