Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), Aug. 19 -- : Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Monday urged the Jagan Mohan Reddy government to implement the reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in state government jobs.

"The central government is implementing the quota for economically weaker sections in jobs and higher education but unfortunately Andhra Pradesh government is not implementing it in state government jobs. Due to this, the poor people in upper-caste are losing out," said APCC spokesperson N Thulasi Reddy.

Reddy said that Economically weaker sections in the upper-caste population lost out during the recent recruitments of village and ward volunteers by the state government.

"Recently, the Andhra Pradesh government had...