BC Reservations Debate Intensifies As Congress Counters Opposition Criticism
Hyderabad, Oct 18 (Maxim News): The Telangana government may be moving toward a major decision on caste census disclosures as Minister Vakati Srihari indicated plans to publish empirical data. The Dedication Commission report, and the BC Commission report during the ongoing BC Bandh for reservations.
He said the government did not place full details in the public domain so far due to certain constraints and to avoid creating obstacles, but added that obstacles are arising even based on the data already submitted in courts. He stated there is no need for anyone to doubt the government’s intent.
Srihari said the Congress government’s caste enumeration has already clarified the BC numbers in Telangana. He accused the BJP of running false campaigns that Congress will not give BC reservations. He recalled that Congress went ahead with state bifurcation even if it cost the party, and asserted that Rahul Gandhi and Revanth Reddy have the intent to ensure 42% reservations for BCs.
He contrasted this with past actions, saying unlike BRS, which gave jobs and then went to court, the current government is not doing that in the matter of BC reservations. The minister said the Deputy Chief Minister and BC ministers themselves attended the Supreme Court hearing on BC reservations, and asked whether such a thing had happened anywhere in history.
He said the fight for justice on BC reservations is underway in both the High Court and the Supreme Court. He added that such a favorable opportunity for justice to BCs will not come again and noted that, even as a minister, he stayed in the High Court for two days.
He urged that the Konda Surekha issue should not be linked to BC reservations, stating it is a separate matter and the Chief Minister is handling it. He asked not to reduce the BC reservations issue by pointing to the Konda Surekha matter.
Opposition parties have long demanded that the government publish the detailed findings of the caste enumeration carried out by the Planning Department. They want the full caste census details to be made public.
Meanwhile, the ruling Congress has alleged that BRS and BJP conspired around these details and argued that full disclosure would harm personal privacy, so only the essence was revealed while keeping complete data out of the public domain.
However, with the latest developments and Srihari’s remarks, a public release of the data is now a subject of political discussion.
Therefore, the state’s political focus has turned to whether the government will indeed publish the empirical data and commission reports during this phase of the BC reservations battle.
Srihari’s statements come as the Congress has taken the 42% BC reservations as a challenge and framed it as a test of intent and governance. The debate now centers on transparency, privacy, and the legal track in the High Court and Supreme Court.
The next steps of the Congress party on releasing data and advancing the legal fight will shape the course of the BC reservations issue in the days ahead. (Maxim News)
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