High Court stay exposes Congress drama on 42 per cent BC quota: KTR

The BRS working president accused the Congress government of deceiving Backward Classes over 42% reservation in local body elections, calling its decisions legally unsustainable. He blamed both State and Centre for delaying justice and urged voters to hold Congress accountable

Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao stated that the Telangana High Court stay on local body elections had exposed the Congress government’s fraudulent drama over the 42 per cent reservation for BCs in local body polls. He held the Congress responsible for depriving justice to BCs due to its inefficiency.

In a statement, Rama Rao said the court order had proved that the Congress government’s decisions including the caste census and GO Ms 9 were deceptive, hypocritical and legally unsustainable. He charged Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy with brutally cheating the BCs and abandoning the party’s Kamareddy Declaration, confirming BRS warnings that the GO would not survive judicial scrutiny had been vindicated.

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Stating that the reservation issue was used as a political pawn to deflect attention from the government’s failures, Rama Rao said the Congress government had rushed caste survey, ordinances and GOs unilaterally. Instead, he felt that the Congress should have built consensus, lead all-party delegation to Delhi and taken the Bill through constitutional channels to ensure legal sanctity.

“Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who vowed to hold local body elections only after ensuring 42 per cent reservation for BCs, had later declared that the Congress would implement it after making Rahul Gandhi the Prime Minister of the country. They also proposed to provide political reservations on behalf of their party, instead of ensuring legal sanctity,” he added.

Rama Rao also blamed the Centre led by the BJP for backstabbing the BCs by keeping related Bills pending in Delhi. He warned that public anger over broken promises and stalled welfare schemes was rising across Telangana. He urged voters to remember the Congress’ deceptive tactics at the ballot box and teach it a lesson. He vowed that BRS would mobilise public opinion until the matter was resolved transparently and lawfully.