Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the party’s ‘BC Atma Gourava Sabha’ on November 7 and a public meeting on November 11 to highlight the demand for the categorisation of reservations for Scheduled Castes communities.
Sources said the PM could address a third meeting, either in Gajwel or Kamareddy, where Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is contesting, or Mahbubnagar or Medak. The date is being chosen with an eye on the Rajasthan polling date of November 23.
Announcing this, BJP OBC Morcha president Dr K. Laxman said, “The BC Atma Gourava Sabha is aimed at reiterating our commitment to make a Backward Classes community candidate as Chief Minister.” Union home minister Amit Shah had declared the party’s intent towards this at a recent public meeting.
“No other party in the state can dare make a statement on similar lines. The announcement has given an impetus to our campaign and BCs are extending support to our candidates. The Congress has been unable to digest the statement made by Amit Shah.”
“A caste which represents only half a per cent of the population has bagged five Cabinet posts. But the BC communities which form 52 per cent have got three ministerial posts,” Dr Laxman said.
“The Union Cabinet led by Modi has 25 OBC ministers for the first time after independence. It has 12 from the SC communities, eight from the ST groups. Together with 11 women and five minorities ministers, it accounts for 70 per cent of the ministers,” he said. “This is the ‘Sab Ka Saath Sab Ka Vikas’ our PM talks about.
Dr Laxman said 5 lakh BC unemployed youths were suffering owing to lack of employment opportunity. “They were also unable to avail loan through the BC Corporation but the Kalvakuntla family has been fully employed,” he said.
