The bandh called by Backward Class organisations demanding 42 percent reservation for BCs in local body polls received widespread support across Telangana on Saturday. While several commercial establishments were shut across the state, public transport too was hit, with Road Transport Corporation buses refusing to ply.

The bandh was supported by political parties including the ruling Congress, opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi, and Bharatiya Janata Party . Speaking at a protest rally, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president B Mahesh Kumar Goud said: “We are demanding the Centre to accept 42 percent reservations for BCs. We are not going to stop our agitation till we achieve this.” BRS working president K T Rama Rao said: “The Congress and the BJP are shifting blame onto

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