Overview

• Presidential assent to the March bills and the state’s ordinance files remains pending, leaving the 42% BC quota’s legal status unresolved ahead of a court-mandated election timeline
• R. Krishnaiah and 18 BC welfare associations have called on the state to issue a government order on 42% reservations or face writ petitions in the Supreme Court Congress, BJP and BRS have each pledged to allocate roughly 42% of local-body tickets to BC candidates regardless of formal quota approval
• Telangana Congress will meet its political affairs committee on August 15 to finalise candidate selections and the local-body poll schedule under the BC representation pledge
• A Telangana High Court deadline to finalise reservation allocations by end-July and the threat of central fund cuts to unelected bodies are intensifying pressure on the government to act