Hyderabad, Aug. 23 -- Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Saturday highlighted the NDA's focus on social representation, saying the party actively works to empower leaders from backward communities.

He noted that it was the NDA that gave a Prime Minister from a backwards community, and has now nominated a VP candidate from the same.

Speaking to ANI, Reddy said, "Today, the Congress party is continuously discussing reservations for the backwards class, but for the first time since independence, we have a Prime Minister from a backwards community. When the NDA got the opportunity to choose a President for the first time, we made Abdul Kalam the President, and the second time, Ramnath Kovind from the Dalit community, and the third time, Droup...