Overview

• Calling for a Delhi-led solution, K.T. Rama Rao urged the INDIA bloc and the NDA to pass BC reservation legislation and pledged the votes of all four BRS Rajya Sabha MPs.
• BRS and BJP Telangana leaders announced support for the October 18 BC bandh called by the Joint Action Committee, with the BJP saying its cadre will participate.
• JAC chairman and MP R. Krishnaiah said 170 associations back the shutdown to protest the High Court stay on the 42% BC quota in local bodies.
• Rama Rao accused the Congress government of inconsistent stands on how to enact BC reservations and of failing to release the promised Rs 1 lakh crore or implement a BC sub-plan.
• He cited prior Telangana Assembly resolutions backing enhanced BC reservations and said the 42% share should extend to education, employment and government contracts.