Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy spoke at the Akhila Bharatha Padmashali Mahasabha on Sunday at the exhibition ground in Hyderabad. |Photo source: Siddhant Thakur
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy urged the backward classes (BCS) to be cautious about the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which sought to undermine the decision of the state government, demanding a 42% reservation to the BCS in education and employment.
Criticism of the bipartisan caste census of the government, the first since 1931, suggests that their efforts pose a barrier to the implementation of enhanced BC quotas. He said both parties are worried that BCS will seek power shares once the 42% quota is implemented.
“Both sides are finding the figures revealed by the caste census, but avoiding when asked to show proof. You (BCS) should be aware that you will not get enhanced quotas if you miss this opportunity.” He spoke here on Sunday at a public meeting organized by Akhil Bharata Padmashali Sabha.
He said the caste census showed that British Columbia accounts for 56.33% of the population and the government has decided to pass a resolution at the conference to seek a 42% quota for them in education and employment. The Samagra Kutumba Survey (SKS) conducted by the former BRS government fixed its figures at 51%.
According to SKS, upper castes account for 21% of the population, while dense door-to-indoor caste surveys show that their number is 15.28%. The caste investigation conducted by the Telangana government turned out to be a role model for the entire country and was appreciated by the opposition leaders of Rok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. Gandhi even recently mentioned the Telangana model in several public meetings and asserted that Congress would remove the 50% retention limit after taking office.
“But you should be cautious about the efforts to disrupt this process,” he told BC.
The Chief Minister said the government understood the problems of the weaver community and decided to encourage them to take incentives such as the proposed allocation of orders for women in self-help groups twice a year. “With over 6.5 million members, the order will be worth about Rs 6 billion,” he said, recalling how the last government distributed poor quality saris under the Bathukamma Saree program.
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