Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has said that the State government will request the Centre to enact a legislation in Parliament, giving reservations to Backward Classes in legislatures.
An all-party delegation would be taken to New Delhi to mount pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to concede the demand.
Mr. Modi would be requested to set up the ministry of BCs welfare which could look into reservations for BCs in promotions, Mr. Rao said at a meeting of BC MPs, MLAs and MLCs here on Sunday.
He appealed to Assembly Speaker S. Madhusudana Chary who was also present at the meeting to earmark a day-long discussion in the House on the programmes to be taken up for welfare and development of BCs. In this context, he recalled that the Assembly had already passed a resolution urging the Centre to take steps to extend political reservations to BCs.
Mr. Rao asked the BC people’s representatives to hold discussions for three or four days and come up with recommendations, which could be discussed in the Assembly for drafting the necessary bills, and take other decisions.
A release quoted Mr. Rao as having told the meeting that the State government was ready to implement developmental measures for BCs within the purview of the State. “Let us implement reservations in local bodies. We will provide reservations to BCs in allotment of lands by Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation for entrepreneurship”.
He asked the leaders to take the views of the public and come up with a report to government.
The document would be treated as instructions from the government for implementation. After a clear picture on requirements emerged, a one-day session of the Assembly could be convened to announce the government policies.
There was no scope for politics in the matter because all parties were committed to development and welfare of BCs.
A positive message should go to public that it was a combined effort of all parties and the government did not want to take any credit.
The people’s representatives should guide the government on implementable policies as some communities faced hurdles in getting caste certificates and some identity crisis, he added.
