Overview

• Revanth Reddy’s delegation in New Delhi detailed the SEEEPC survey findings showing Backward Classes comprise 56.4% of Telangana’s population
• Congress leaders pledged full support for applying the Telangana reservation model nationally, committing to press the BJP-led Centre to ratify the 42% BC quota bills
• Reddy is pursuing presidential assent with Ninth Schedule inclusion to skirt the Supreme Court’s 50% reservation cap and comply with the High Court’s September 30 deadline for local body elections
• He defended the inclusion of Muslim sub-castes in the BC quota as a measure of socio-economic backwardness, rebutting BJP calls for their exclusion
• The Chief Minister also urged that the next Vice-President’s post be offered to OBC leader Bandaru Dattatreya as symbolic redress for past sidelining