Hyderabad, July 23 -- BRS MLC K. Kavitha has strongly criticised both the BJP and the Congress for failing to ensure proper reservations for Backward Classes (BCs), accusing both parties of betraying the community for political gain.

Kavitha alleged that the BJP is deliberately creating a communal angle to avoid clearing the bill. "Look at Gujarat, the BJP implemented similar reservations there. But in Telangana, they are showing double standards," she said.

Speaking to the media in Hyderabad on Tuesday, Kavitha took aim at the BJP, especially Telangana BJP president Ramachandra Rao and Union ministers, calling their statements on BC reservations "misleading and painful."

She pointed out that the BC Reservation Bill, already passed in ...