Hyderabad, March 18 -- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday congratulated the Telangana government for implementing the 42 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the state.

Taking to X, Rahul Gandhi wrote in a post that the Congress government had fulfilled its promise of increasing the OBC reservation further, stating that this was a "revolutionary step" towards social justice, through which 50 per cent of reservations in the state had been demolished.

"The Congress government has fulfilled its promise of increasing OBC reservation in Telangana. The actual number of OBC communities obtained through scientific caste count in the state was accepted, and a bill for ...