Hyderabad, July 15 -- Union minister of state for Home affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar made a vicious attack on the Congress government of Telangana regarding its draft BC reservation bill, calling for Muslims to be deleted from the list of Backward Classes (BC).

Addressing a public function in Sircilla, the BJP chief claimed that the bill is one part of a grand conspiracy to disallow justice to genuine BC communities.

"Granting 10 percent of the suggested 42 percent quota to Muslims is a criminal act," he added. "Unless Muslims are taken out of the BC list, the BJP will initiate a statewide agitation. We will oppose this bill within and outside the Assembly."

Sanjay Bandi accused the Congress of lowering the BC population from 51 percent t...