Leader of Opposition in Telangana Legislative Council Md Ali Shabbir on Saturday urged the Sudhir Commission to gather comprehensive data from all available resources to prove backwardness of Muslims in Telangana to facilitate providing 12 per cent reservation, a promise made by the TRS in its election manifesto.
A delegated led by Mr. Shabbir and comprising Deputy CLP leader Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy, Whip in Council M.S. Prabhakar, Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament M.A.Khan and others presented a memorandum to Commission during its public hearing held here. The government had a constituted a Commission of Inquiry to study the socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslims in the State to enable the Government to formulate policies for the amelioration and upliftment of Muslims to bring them on par with other sections of Society.
He said that the commission should rely on latest statistics for its study. He pointed out that similar exercises were carried out in the past to study the socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslims.
High interest rates
“The commission must visit slums, markets and government schools in the city and other parts of the State, to get first-hand information on the socio-economic and educational status of Muslims. A poor vendor is forced to do business by taking negligible sums on interest rates as high as 10 per cent on daily basis. Muslims living in several districts have no access to basic amenities. The Commission must rely more on field visits,” he said.
He listed other measures taken by various governments to improve the conditions of Muslims.
