Hyderabad, Sept. 11 -- Telangana Revenue, Housing, Information and Public Relations Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy today said the state will stand as a role model for the country by ensuring 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies.

Reviewing arrangements for a massive public meeting scheduled in Kamareddy on September 15, the Minister, along with Panchayat Raj Minister Dasari Anasuya Seethakka, Forest Minister Konda Surekha, Animal Husbandry Minister Vakati Srihari, Labour Minister Vivek Venkataswamy, Chief Minister's Advisors Vem Narender Reddy and Shabbir Ali, and MLAs including Madan Mohan Rao, discussed preparations for the event.

The leaders asserted that the Congress government is the only party committ...