Hyderabad:
Telangana Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA KT Rama Rao has stated the 4 per cent Muslim reservation within the state will not be on the premise of faith however on the premise of socio-economic standing locally.
Rao stated this whereas reacting to Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah’s “promise” that the BJP authorities would finish Muslim reservations within the state after coming into energy in Telangana.
“4% Muslim reservation is not on the basis of religion. That is on the basis of socio-economic status. Amit Shah should think before speaking. Secondly, we know what the BJP does and what it is attempting to do. It is trying to polarise…But they will fail this time,” Mr Rao informed ANI whereas reacting to Shah’s assertion on Friday.
Earlier, whereas collaborating within the BJP’s roadshow together with the get together’s candidate Thokala Srinivas Reddy in Rajendra Nagar Meeting Constituency in Telangana, Mr Shah stated,” We have made a lot of promises. One of them is that the CM will be made from the backward class. We will end the Muslim reservation & give reservations to SC, ST & OBC. We have also promised vertical reservation to the Madiga community.”
When requested about Congress chief Jairam Ramesh’s comment on the per capita earnings of the state, KTR stated, “He should read the socio-economic survey. If we look at Telangana today, there are 33 districts. All of these districts have per capita more than the national average. So, he should read it once again.”
Telangana is about to endure meeting elections on November 30, and the ruling BRS, Congress and BJP are the primary contestants within the state. The counting of votes will happen on December 3.
Within the earlier Meeting election within the state in 2018, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), beforehand generally known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), gained 88 of the 119 seats, hogging 47.4 per cent of the entire vote share. The Congress got here in a distant second with simply 19 seats.
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