Hyderabad, July 29 -- Telangana Jagruthi president and BRS MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Tuesday announced a 72-hour hunger strike demanding the immediate implementation of 42 per cent reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies, as well as in education and employment.

Addressing a press conference at the Somajiguda Press Club in Hyderabad, alongside leaders of the United Phule Front (UPF) and various BC organisations, Kavitha said the hunger strike will be held from 11 am on August 4 to 11 am on August 7 at Dharna Chowk, Indira Park.

Kavitha stated that the Telangana government had introduced and passed two separate bills for BC reservations in the Legislative Assembly and Council, following sustained efforts by Telangana Jagr...