New Delhi, July 23 -- Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, July 23, stated that the 42 percent reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) in the state does not include quotas for Muslims based on religion.

Addressing the media at his official residence in New Delhi on Wednesday, July 23, Revanth Reddy said that some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Telangana were demanding the removal of Muslims who constitute 10 percent of Telangana population, for supporting the Bills sent by Telangana to the Centre, to implement 42 percent reservation for the Backward Classes (BC) in education, employment and their representation in the local bodies.

Hitting back at the allegations by the BJP leaders, he said that if they were a...