KCR Writes To PM Modi Demanding 33% Reservation For OBCs, Women

Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pass resolutions providing 33% reservation for OBCs and women in Parliament and the State legislatures in the upcoming special session of Parliament, which starts on September 18.

The joint meeting of the BRS Parliamentary Party headed by the CM and held at the Pragathi Bhavan today passed a unanimous resolution in this regard.

The CM wrote two separate letters to the PM. In one of them, he said that the Telangana State Legislature had passed a unanimous resolution on June 14, 2014, requesting the union government to provide 33% reservations for OBCs in Parliament and the State legislatures.

He said that the Centre had not initiated any action in this regard so far, and requested it to initiate the legislative process for speedy implementation of the Bill in the upcoming Parliament sessions.

In the other letter, KCR said that the Telangana government was implementing 30% reservation for women in public employment and in admissions to educational institutions.

However, suitable representation in Parliament and the State legislatures was also required in a democratic polity to reflect the hopes and aspirations of a group that constituted half the population. Realising this critical requirement, the Telangana State Legislature had passed a unanimous resolution on June 14, 2014, requesting the union government to provide 33% reservations for women in Parliament and the State legislatures, KCR wrote.

However, the Centre had not initiated any action on this front so far, the Chief Minister said.

The CM, who is also the BRS president, also asked the MPs to raise both issues in the upcoming Parliament session, and demand that the union government pass resolutions providing 33% reservation for OBCs and women in Parliament and in the State legislatures.