BJP warns Congress govt. against diluting 42% BC quota in local body polls

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Boora Narsaiah Goud (centre) astatine  a property   conscionable   successful  Hyderabad.

Boora Narsaiah Goud (centre) astatine a property conscionable successful Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: File Photo

The BJP Telangana portion has urged the Congress authorities to behaviour section assemblage polls with the legally mandated 42% quota for Backward Classes (BCs) arsenic promised, and warned that “any effort to dilute it volition person consequences“.

Addressing a property league astatine the party’s State bureau connected Monday, erstwhile MP and BJP vice-president B.Narsaiah Goud alleged that efforts were nether mode to “cheat” the BC assemblage again nether the pretext of ineligible hurdles.

“Why hasn’t the caste survey information been made public? What is the authorities trying to hide? We privation to cognize connected what ground the 42% quota was fixed for BCs,” Mr.Goud questioned. He wondered whether the Congress party’s committedness of 42% BC quota was aimed astatine influencing the just-concluded Bihar Assembly elections.

“The Supreme Court has intelligibly stated that quotas tin beryllium accrued if justified by colonisation data. The instrumentality should use uniformly crossed each States,” helium said and besides criticised the authorities for failing to merchandise ₹20,000 crore annually for BC welfare.

On the Jubilee Hills bypoll result, Mr.Goud said the BJP ne'er viewed it arsenic a referendum connected the Congress government. “The ruling enactment cannot gloat implicit the triumph due to the fact that it relied connected the enactment of Majlis party. Our enactment has traditionally not done good successful this constituency and does not person a azygous corporator there,” helium said.

Published - November 17, 2025 07:13 p.m. IST

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