Telangana Congress Govt To Raise BC Quota to 42%
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy declared that the Congress government is committed to raising the reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) from 23% to 42% across education, employment, and political representation.
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy declared on Monday that the Congress government is committed to raising the reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) from 23% to 42% across education, employment, and political representation.
In a post on X, Reddy hailed the move as a historic fulfillment of a decades-long demand, spotlighting the state’s caste survey which pegs the BC population at 56.36%.
“It is my honour to announce the longest pending demand of the subaltern groups since Indian Independence, the yearning of our brothers & sisters belonging to the Backward Castes, on being counted & recognised in an official census - has finally found deliverance,” Reddy wrote, framing the hike as a transformative step for BCs.
The announcement aligns with the introduction of two bills in the Assembly on Monday, targeting 42% quotas in education, jobs, and rural-urban local bodies.
The policy builds on the Congress’s 2023 ‘BC Declaration’ from Kamareddy, a pre-election vow to boost BC representation from 23% to 42% in local bodies and extend it to government contracts.
Passed via voice vote alongside an SC sub-categorization bill, the legislation awaits a constitutional amendment—capped at 50% by Supreme Court precedent—prompting Reddy to urge opposition unity to press PM Narendra Modi for change.
