BRS warns Congress against holding elections without BC reservations

BRS leaders Talasani Srinivas Yadav and V Srinivas Goud warned the Congress government against holding local body elections without securing 42 per cent BC reservations. They urged participation in the October 18 statewide BC bandh and criticised Congress for mishandling the caste census

Hyderabad: BRS senior leaders Talasani Srinivas Yadav and V Srinivas Goud on Thursday warned the Congress government against holding elections to gram panchayats and municipalities without securing 42 per cent reservations for backward classes (BCs). They reiterated that BC reservations can be implemented only through a constitutional amendment and inclusion in the Ninth Schedule.

The BRS leaders declared that they would actively participate in the Statewide BC bandh on October 18, called by the BC