BJP slams Congress for slashing BC quota to 17% after 42% promise

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BJP Rajya Sabha subordinate and nationalist OBC president K. Laxman, connected Thursday, accused the Congress authorities of showing treble standards and betraying Backward Classes (BCs) by promising 42% reservations successful section bodies but allotting lone 17%.

At a property league astatine the enactment office, helium alleged that the ruling enactment had raised BCs hopes done caste census, surveys, quota reports, Assembly bills, protests successful Delhi, ordinances, and GOs, lone to “stab them successful the back.”

“They spent ₹200 crore connected the caste census survey. What happened? It was similar digging a upland and catching a rat. When elections were owed successful Maharashtra, Rahul Gandhi pushed Revanth Reddy to woo BC votes, and akin hurried, unscientific surveys were done successful Telangana successful the sanction of BC reservations,” Mr. Laxman claimed.

The BJP person said the Congress enactment misled radical with the Kamareddy Declaration, ignoring law guidelines, Supreme Court restrictions, and existing laws for Assembly predetermination gains. He alleged that the ongoing section elections were being held lone to unafraid ₹2,300 crore successful cardinal funds, adjacent portion the BC preservation contented is nether tribunal review.

“Claiming to springiness 42% BC reservations to enactment candidates is misleading due to the fact that section assemblage elections don’t person enactment symbols,” helium pointed out, calling upon radical to thatch Congress a acquisition successful the adjacent elections for repeatedly betraying BCs.

Earlier, enactment vice president N.V.S.S. Prabhakar held a protestation gathering astatine Uppal demanding relocation of the projected STP from Uppal Lake to adjacent the Musi River. He suggested upgrading the existing STP alternatively of gathering a caller 1 and alleged misuse of Central funds.

Published - November 27, 2025 09:47 p.m. IST

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