Hyderabad, Oct. 12 -- The Telangana government has decided to move the Supreme Court challenging the state high court's interim order stalling the implementation of 42% reservations for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the local body elections.

A Congress leader familiar with the development said the decision to approach the Supreme Court was taken during a virtual meeting convened by chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday night with senior Congress leaders including AICC in-charge of Telangana affairs Meenakshi Natarajann, PCC chief B Mahesh Kumar Goud and Supreme Court advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

"The meeting focused on the implications of the high court's stay order and discussed the next course of action, including an appe...