New Delhi/Hyderabad, July 24 -- Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President Mahesh Kumar Goud alleged on Thursday that the BJP is against providing a 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in local body elections.
Speaking to the media in New Delhi after a key meeting at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's residence, Goud stated that the Telangana government has fulfilled its obligations by conducting a scientific caste survey and passing the relevant bills. He claimed, however, that the BJP-led central government has been deliberately stalling the implementation of these bills by refusing to act on them.
"The BJP supported the reservation bill in the Telangana Assembly but took a complete U-turn at the Centre," ...