HYDERABAD: Telangana’s
Congress govt has decided to approach
Supreme Court against an HC stay on a hike in Backward Classes (BC) quota from 25% to 42% for on Oct 23, reports Roushan Ali.
Chief minister A Revanth Reddy took the decision at a meeting held late Friday with Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress Rajya Sabha MP and senior Supreme Court advocate, state party president B Mahesh Kumar Gouda and others. According to sources, the state will file a special leave petition in SC to have stay vacated and allow rural local body polls to proceed with the enhanced 42% quota.
In its Thursday order, HC had declined to interfere in the poll process since the notification had already been issued. But it ordered the state election commission not to proceed based on the enhanced reservations and hold the polls in line with Telangana Panchayat Raj Act and SC rulings capping overall reservations at 50%. “There is no question of compromising on BC reservations. BJP is the main culprit behind blocking the enhanced quota,” Goud said.
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Having 30 years of experience, Roushan Ali is covering the govt, ...
Read MoreHaving 30 years of experience, Roushan Ali is covering the govt, chief minister's office and politics as a senior assistant editor of The Times of India. During the three decades of journalism career he had initially covered important citizen-centric and infrastructure beats like urban development, water and electricity supply, traffic and transport, cantonment, education, welfare and rural development.
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