Centre Will not Settle for Inclusion Of Muslims In Backward Lessons By Telangana Govt: Union Minister Bandi Sanjay – News18
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His feedback maintain significance because the Telangana authorities lately introduced plans to go a invoice within the Meeting to extend the reservation for OBCs to 42 per cent and ship it to the Centre for parliamentary approval.
Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar (PTI File Picture)
The Centre won’t settle for the Telangana authorities’s transfer to incorporate Muslims within the Backward Lessons class, Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar mentioned on Saturday.
His feedback maintain significance because the Telangana authorities lately introduced plans to go a invoice within the Meeting to extend the reservation for OBCs to 42 per cent and ship it to the Centre for parliamentary approval.
The proposal would exceed the 50 per cent cap on reservations.
“We’re very clear. The Centre won’t settle for the inclusion of 10 per cent of Muslims within the BC class. We oppose religion-based reservations,” Kumar, Union Minister of State for House advised reporters right here.
State BJP leaders will attempt to persuade the Central management to go the invoice if the state authorities sends it to the Centre after eradicating Muslims from the BC listing, he mentioned.
“Backward lessons would undergo in jobs, reservations, academic alternatives, funds allocations and different areas if Muslims are included within the BC class,” he mentioned.
“Muslims are already receiving advantages as minorities and beneath the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) class,” he mentioned.
He claimed that Muslims would win the seats reserved for BCs within the upcoming Telangana native physique polls, as “their voting is one-sided.
Different Castes (OCs) additionally oppose the inclusion of Muslims within the BC class, as it might negatively influence BCs, Kumar mentioned.
The February 27 ballot for 3 MLC seats within the state will function a referendum on the problem, he mentioned.
Kumar held a gathering right here with officers from the Central and Telangana governments on ‘Enemy Properties.’ He requested officers to finish the accounting of Enemy Properties in Telangana, which falls beneath the jurisdiction of the Custodian of Enemy Property of India (CEPI), by the top of March after conducting a floor survey and verifying data.
He directed officers to take essential steps to safeguard the Enemy Properties.
Enemy property refers to property left behind in India by people who acquired Pakistani or Chinese language citizenship.
On February 12, Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka mentioned the state authorities would strain the Centre to make sure that the invoice handed within the Meeting receives parliamentary approval, because the proposed 42 per cent quota would breach the 50 per cent cap on reservations.
The state authorities, which carried out a caste survey between November and December acknowledged that backward lessons, together with backward Muslims, make up 56.33 per cent of the state’s inhabitants, forming the biggest demographic group.
Telangana offers reservations for backward Muslims beneath the BC class.
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