Hyderabad, March 18 -- Congress MLC Amer Ali Khan on Tuesday strongly supported the Telangana Government's Bill to raise Backward Classes (BC) reservations to 42 percent, calling it a historic step towards social justice.
Addressing the Telangana Legislative Council after BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar introduced the Bill, Amer Ali Khan accused the BJP and BRS of misleading people on the issue.
He highlighted that the Congress government, under Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's leadership, conducted a scientific caste survey that revealed the urgent need to increase BC reservations to address educational, employment, and government service gaps.
"This is a long-overdue correction of historical injustices," Khan stated, adding that t...