KTR calls it betrayal of BCs, stages walk out
Hyderabad: BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao said the government had reduced the BC population in the state by five per cent and thereby “cut the throats of the BCs.” All the BC communities in the state are strongly protesting against this action and the government has not given an opportunity to speak on this anguish, he said.
On SC categorisation, he said the BRS supported the government on this issue, but he protested the “betrayal of BCs by the government” and staged a walk out of the Legislative Assembly.
BRS leader Talasani Srinivas Yadav cast doubts on the caste census data and wondered how the population of BC, SC, ST communities had fallen while that of the other castes (OCs) has increased.
He said the state needs constitutional guarantee to implement the reservation and wondered if the gap in data would be accepted if challenged legally and sought a resurvey.
BJP leader and MLA Payal Shankar said the BC quota will be implemented if it is constitutionally mandated and not to be left to the discretion of the political parties.
“To showcase the number of seats given to the BCs parties allot tickets in the GHMC and other areas where they have no chance of winning. A MBC (most backward caste) corporation was established and given `3,000 crore but only `15 crore were spent. How will BCs develop? Bhavans for many castes were given 60 to 70 km away from Hyderabad. While barbers and fishermen are not getting loans, those run by high heeled are being extended loans,” he said.
As he quoted different figures purportedly from government sources, the minister for legislative affairs D. Sridhar Babu said the data has no sanctity.
