Hyderabad, Feb. 6 -- The Congress, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have allotted more than 50 per cent of their tickets to candidates from Backward Communities (BCs) for the municipal polls scheduled in Telangana on February 11, significantly exceeding the proportion of wards reserved for BCs under the existing quota framework.

According to data released by the three parties, the ruling Congress has allotted 1,601 tickets to BC candidates, accounting for 53.69 per cent of its total nominations.

The BRS has fielded 1,580 BC candidates (52.98 per cent), while the BJP has allotted 1,493 tickets, amounting to 50.07 per cent.

These allocations come despite BC reservations being officially capped at 28.21 pe...