Will Congress authorities in Telangana deliver Muslim quota in reservation? CM Revanth Reddy says…

Muslims providing prayer close to Char Minar in Hyderabad (File Picture)

Is the Revanth Reddy-led Congress authorities of Telangana contemplating a Muslim quota in schooling and jobs? Is religion-based reservation allowed within the Indian Structure? These questions are being requested after the BJP slammed the Congress, accusing it of indulging within the politics of appeasement by extending reservation to the Muslim neighborhood. 

Congress mulling quota for 14 Muslim teams

The Congress authorities on this South Indian state is certainly mulling the concept of streamlining the quota advantages for 14 Muslim teams below the Backward Courses (BC) reservation regime. It is going to be based mostly on the social, academic, and financial backwardness of the folks and profit greater than three lakh Shia Muslim households. It’s fascinating to notice that these 14 socially and economically backward Muslim teams had been given 4% reservation for presidency jobs and schooling below a separate class, BC (E), which restricts quota advantages for them. Nevertheless, it has not been applied because of the authorized points over allegations of a religion-based quota. 

What did Telangana CM say?

Rejecting the allegation of giving reservations to Muslims, Revanth Reddy defined that the Telangana authorities offers reservations based mostly on social and academic backwardness, not faith. He additionally reminded the saffron occasion that some BJP-ruled states have been extending BC reservations to Muslim communities for many years. Slamming BJP leaders G Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay, the Telangana chief minister stated, “Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra have been implementing these quotas for 40 to 50 years. If you wish to take away them, begin in these states.” Difficult the saffron occasion, he added, 

“First withdraw Muslim reservations in these states, then supply options to Telangana.” 

Revanth Reddy takes on Telangana BJP

Revanth Reddy additionally stated that the Muslim sub-castes have been a part of the BC lists since 1979. Whereas 38 of the 87 BC castes are Muslim sub-castes in Madhya Pradesh, in Uttar Pradesh, it’s 5, and in Gujarat, 28. In line with the state authorities’s information on the caste survey, the BCs represent 56.4% of the state inhabitants. Individuals from the Scheduled Castes represent 17.45% of the inhabitants, 10.8% are from Scheduled Tribes, and 10.9% are from Scheduled Tribes.