Hyderabad, Feb. 19 -- More than 61% candidates winning the Telangana municipal elections are from the other backward classes (OBC), the Telangana state backward classes commission (TSBCC) said. This comes in the backdrop of the state government hitting a roadblock in implementing a 42% reservation to the OBCs in the local bodies.

"The OBCs have won more than 61% overall in the recently held municipal elections in the state, which is 19% more than the 42% quota proposed to be implemented by the state government," Telangana BC Commission chairman G Niranjan said.

For the last one year, the Congress government led by chief minister A Revanth Reddy made every effort to provide 42% reservations to the OBCs in local bodies. It began with the ...