Hyderabad, Feb. 4 -- AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi has urged the state government to increase the reservation for the backward classes (BC) in the local bodies to 50%. As the 50% ceiling on reservations has been breached by implementing 54% in local bodies, he felt it wouldn't be a problem.

Speaking in the assembly during a special session on tabling the statement of the BC census on Tuesday, February 4, Owaisi drew various discrepancies between the data with regard to the population of various communities in the state.

While appreciating the state government for conducting the comprehensive socio-economic, political, educational and employment survey, he expressed concerns over the state government's claim that 3,54,77,554 peopl...