Hyderabad, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Road Transport Corporation buses went off the roads across Telangana while most of the shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed on Saturday as the state-wide bandh called by Backward Classes JAC and supported by all political parties evoked a near total response. The bandh called by the Joint Action Committee (JAC), consisting of 136 Backward Classes associations in support of 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs), impacted normal life in Hyderabad and other districts.

New Delhi, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a jolt to the Telangana government, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the interim stay granted by the Telangana High Court on a Government Order (GO) providing 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies across the state. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta clarified that the Telangana High Court should continue hearing the petitions challenging the BC quota on merits, uninfluenced by the dismissal of the state government's Special Leave Petition (SLP).

Hyderabad, Oct 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Congress government in Telangana is likely to go ahead with local body polls with the existing 50 per cent cap on overall reservation, as the interim stay granted by the Telangana High Court on 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes has paused the poll process. The High Court on October 9 stayed the implementation of the Government Order (GO), providing 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs).

Hyderabad, July 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday accused the BJP of stalling 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) by using Muslim community as an excuse. He alleged that the leaders of saffron party were playing politics of sentiment by stating that they would back 42 percent quota for BCs if Muslims are removed from the list of BCs.

Hyderabad, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Telangana Cabinet, on Thursday, decided to issue an ordinance to increase the reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies to 42 per cent in the state. The Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy decided to conduct the local body elections after increasing the reservation for BCs. Briefing media persons on the decisions taken by the state Cabinet, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said that the ordinance would be issued to amend the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018, to raise reservations for BCs to 42 per cent in the upcoming local body elections.

Hyderabad, May 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Congress leaders on Friday called on Governor Jishnu Dev Varma and thanked him for giving his assent to the bills passed by the State Assembly for 42 per cent reservation to Backward Classes. A delegation of Congress leaders led by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President Mahesh Kumar Goud met the Governor at the Raj Bhavan and thanked him for approving the bills and forwarding it to the President of India for her approval.

Hyderabad, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Politics in Telangana is heating up over the issue of reservation as the Congress government plans to pass a bill in the State Legislature next month to enhance reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) to 42 per cent as promised by Congress party in 2023 Assembly elections. As the proposed move would mean that total reservations will go far beyond the Supreme Court ceiling of 50 per cent, the Congress party wants to put the ball in the Centre’s court by forwarding the bill for its approval.

Hyderabad, Feb 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Wednesday demanded that Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy apologise to the Backward Classes (BCs) for reducing their population in the caste survey. After the Congress government announced that it would conduct another round of caste survey this month to cover the population who did not participate in the survey earlier, Rama Rao said the government has finally admitted that caste survey was a hodgepodge of mistakes.

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