The BRS leader has sought 46 per cent reservations for BCs in education and jobs through two separate Bills, and a separate Bill for 42 per cent reservations in local bodies
The leaders of the BC organisations demanded the commission to remove reservations to economically weak sections and to provide 50 percent reservations to BCs in forthcoming elections to urban and rural civic bodies.
The study tour by the 40-member delegation is to draw lessons from Tamil Nadu's social reforms and recommend policies to the Telangana government to uplift BCs in Telangana.
Senior BRS leaders interacted with Tamil Nadu BC Welfare Minister Raja Kannappan and BC Commission Members and studied the implementation of reservations for BCs during their Chennai visit.
People who are not covered under SC, ST and BC reservations and whose family's gross annual income is below Rs 8 lakh will be eligible for the EWS reservation.