Krishnaiah slams KCR over allocating only 21 MLA seats to BCs

Hyderabad: Finding fault with the BRS supremo and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao for allocating only 21 MLA seats to BCs for contesting in the upcoming Assembly elections in Telangana, the Rajya Sabha MP and National BC Welfare Association president R. Krishnaiah on Wednesday alleged that the chief minister humiliated BCs by offering more seats to upper castes in Telangana.

Krishnaiah said that when the BC associations demanded the political parties to allocate 50 per cent of seats for them to contest in elections, the ruling BRS allocated only 21 seats to them and more seats to upper castes, thus humiliating the BCs. “The BC population is larger than others in the state and in the country. In Telangana state, the Chief Minister allocated 60 per cent seats for upper castes who are only 10 perc ent in population,” the MP said.