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Telangana Congress Extends Jantar Mantar Dharna Over Pending BC Quota Bills

Revanth Reddy warns of escalated agitation despite the President’s office failing to grant an audience on the 42% reservation bills.

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Our CM, whole cabinet, MLAs and MLCs are coming to Delhi to sit for a dharna at Jantar Mantar, putting some pressure on the Government of India, said Congress MP Mallu Ravi.
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Overview

  • Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and his Cabinet are on the third day of a dharna at Jantar Mantar demanding the President’s assent to two bills passed in March that would raise backward classes reservations to 42%.
  • Congress MPs and INDIA bloc allies have joined the sit-in, with Mr. Reddy accusing the BJP-led Centre of pressurizing President Droupadi Murmu to stall the legislation.
  • An ordinance to extend the 42% quota to local bodies also awaits presidential approval after the Governor forwarded it to Rashtrapati Bhavan last month.
  • Revanth Reddy has threatened intensified street and parliamentary protests and pledged to work towards unseating the BJP at the Centre if the bills remain unsigned.
  • The Telangana Congress plans to define its next steps, including legal and political options, at a political affairs committee meeting later this week.