BC organisations protest at Jantar Mantar seeking legal backing for 42% quota

Backward Class organisations staged a protest at Jantar Mantar demanding legal sanctity for 42 per cent reservations in Telangana and inclusion in the Ninth Schedule. Leaders warned of intensified agitations until Parliament passes the BC reservation Bill

Hyderabad: Demanding legal sanctity for 42 per cent reservations for Backward Classes in Telangana and inclusion of the quota in the Ninth Schedule, BC organisations staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Monday. Cutting across party lines, MPs, MLAs and senior BC leaders from different States participated in the protest and demanded that the BC reservation Bill be passed in Parliament during the current session.

The leaders stressed that the protests would continue and demonstrations would be intensified until their demands were considered and approved.

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Speaking at the protest, former Minister V Srinivas Goud of the BRS said the Congress had deceived the BCs under the guise of assuring increased reservations. While the Bill passed by the State Assembly was pending with the Governor for approval, an ordinance was issued and panchayat elections were being conducted, he alleged.

“Revanth Reddy assured to raise the issue in New Delhi but the Congress party has not met the President nor taken up the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. An all-party delegation to Delhi was also promised but that did not happen,” Srinivas Goud said.

TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud, former Rajya Sabha MP V Hanumanth Rao, BC organisations president J Srinivas Goud and others also addressed the gathering.