Telangana Passes Bill To Increase Backward Classes Reservation To 42%

The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Monday passed two bills to increase the reservation to backward classes to 42 per cent in educational institutions, employment and also elections to rural and urban local bodies.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who thanked the members of all parties for supporting the bills, said he would lead the effort to ensure the Parliament's nod for providing 42 per cent reservation to the BCs (as provision of 42 per cent reservaion to BCs would breach the 50 per cent cap on quotas).

He proposed that leaders of all parties meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hike the reservation to BCs to 42 per cent from 23 per cent.