BC associations call for Statewide bandh on October 14

Protesting the Telangana High Court’s caller enactment connected the State government’s G.O. 9, which enables 42% reservations successful section assemblage polls, 22 Backward Class (BC) associations person called for a Statewide bandh connected October 14.

At a gathering held connected Saturday, National Backward Classes Welfare Association president and BJP MP successful Rajya Sabha R. Krishnaiah criticised the High Court’s decision, stating that it contradicts the Supreme Court’s ruling. He pointed retired that the enactment was issued for the archetypal clip successful past aft the predetermination notification, which is simply a sedate injustice to the BCs.

Mr. Krishnaiah urged each governmental parties to enactment the BCs, arguing that the 50% headdress connected reservations has already been violated with the implementation of EWS reservations. “There’s nary logic successful the statement that ‘merit’ would beryllium affected, arsenic adjacent uneducated individuals contention elections,” helium said.

MR. Krishnaiah besides made it wide that the BC associations volition not let the authorities to behaviour elections based connected existing reservations.

Meanwhile, Mr. Krishnaiah and different BC leaders met Union Minister of Coal, G. Kishan Reddy, and appealed for the BJP’s enactment for the enhanced BC quota.