Overview

• The state has issued G.O. No. 9 to implement 42% reservations for Backward Classes in upcoming local body elections.
• The panchayat raj department began election preparations and finalized reservation matrices based on the new order.
• Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar cited Supreme Court precedents and examples like Tamil Nadu’s Ninth Schedule model while asserting SC and ST quotas will not be reduced.
• The Telangana High Court is scheduled to take up challenges to the 42% quota on October 8.
• Political responses varied as local leaders in Karimnagar urged parties not to mount legal challenges, BRS MLA Gangula Kamalakar warned against weak implementation, and MLA Medipally Satyam alleged allocation irregularities in Karimnagar and Jagtial.