Siddipet (Telangana) [India], March 22 (ANI): Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Saturday visited the Mallanna Temple of Lord Shiva in Komuravelli village, Telangana, to offer prayers following the passage of the “OBC Bill” that grants 42 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the state.
Speaking to ANI, Kavitha expressed hope that the bill would also be passed by the Centre as well.
“Today we have visited one of the very famous temples in Komuravelli, Mallanna Temple of Lord Shiva. We had prayed for the OBC bill to be passed in both the Telangana Legislative Assembly and the Telangana Legislative Council. Now that the bill is passed we came here to offer prayers. We are praying and hoping that the bill will be passed by the Centre as well,” Kavitha said.
The Telangana Assembly on Tuesday passed two bills aimed at enhancing the reservation for OBCs to 42 per cent.
Earlier on Monday, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy put the OBC population in the state at 56.36 per cent and stated that the government has resolved to ensure 42 per cent reservation for this group in education, jobs, and employment.
In a post on X, CM Reddy said, “Telangana is proud to lead the social revolution in #India It is my honour to announce the longest pending demand of the subaltern groups since Indian Independence, the yearning of our brothers and sisters belonging to the Backward Castes, on being counted & recognised in an official census – has finally found deliverance.”
“Today, as the Leader of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, as Chief Minister, I solemnly declare that based on the most scientific, methodically rigorous, and excruciating efforts of our people, we can say that the OBCs population in #Telangana is 56.36 per cent,” CM Reddy said.
“We are now resolving to ensure 42 per cent reservations for this Group in all walks of life – education, jobs and employment & political representation. Be on the right side of history & let each one of us become a champion of this historic move,” CM Reddy said.
Afterwards, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi said it was “revolutionary” and said the Congress Party will ensure that Caste census in India.
“The Congress government has fulfilled its promise of increasing OBC reservations in Telangana. The actual number of OBC communities obtained through scientific caste count in the state was accepted and a bill for 42 per cent reservation was passed in the Assembly to ensure their equal participation in education, employment and politics. This is indeed a revolutionary step towards social justice through which the wall of 50 per cent reservation in the state has also been demolished,” Rahul Gandhi posted on X.
“By analysing the social and economic conditions of each community using the caste survey data, policies will be formulated that will ensure the well-being of all. The Telangana government has also formed an independent expert group for this. I have been continuously saying that only through X-ray – i.e. caste census – backward and deprived communities can get their due rights,” he added.
Rahul Gandhi asserted that Telangana has shown the way, and this is what the whole country needs. “Caste census will definitely happen in India, we will get it done,” the LoP said. (ANI)
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