Hyderabad, June 9 -- The recent expansion of the Telangana cabinet has sparked sharp criticism and deep disappointment among the Muslim community, as once again, no Muslim leader was inducted into the ministry. The government added three new ministers G. Vivek Venkataswamy, A. Laxman Kumar, and V. Srihari but ignored Muslim representation, despite the community comprising nearly 13% of the state's population.

This marks the first time in the history of united Andhra Pradesh and Telangana that the state cabinet does not have a single Muslim minister, a fact pointed out strongly by BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao (KTR). He condemned the Congress government's indifference to representation, calling it a historic and alarming exclusion....