BC Reservations ‘Nyaya Sadhana Deeksha’ held in Hyderabad

Over 60 BC organisations gathered at Indira Park, Hyderabad, on Sunday for a demonstration led by National BC Association president and Rajya Sabha MP R. Krishnaiah, demanding enhanced reservations for Backward Classes. Speakers argued that political under-representation of BCs in Telangana remains a structural issue and called for 42 percent reservations backed by accurate population data.

Hyderabad: A demonstration demanding enhanced reservations for Backward Classes was organised at Indira Park on Sunday, where National BC Association president and Rajya Sabha MP R Krishnaiah led a BC Reservations ‘Nyaya Sadhana Deeksha’.

Representatives of more than 60 BC organisations, including student, youth, women, employee and legal groups, took part in the programme. Addressing the gathering, Krishnaiah said the political under-representation of BC communities in Telangana remains a long-standing structural issue.

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He maintained that the State government could legally pursue 42 percent BC reservations if it places accurate and comprehensive population data before the courts, noting that judicial scrutiny has historically relied on empirical evidence.

Former BC Commission chairman Dr. Vakulabharanam Krishnamohan Rao, who presided over the deeksha, stated that a structured and data-driven approach could justify not only 42 percent but even up to 52 percent reservations within constitutional limits.

Former Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya said that once a government announces a reservation policy, it is obligated to implement it fully. BRS MLC L. Ramana urged the State to conduct the forthcoming elections strictly in line with the reservation commitments already made.

National BC Welfare Association Coordinator Dr. Ryaaga Arun said the 50 percent ceiling referenced in the Supreme Court’s Indra Sawhney judgment reflected the data available at that time, and should not be viewed as an immutable benchmark.

Hundreds of BC workers from across the State participated in the demonstration, stressing that equal reservations in education, employment and political representation were constitutional obligations, not political gestures.