The Backward Classes Joint Action Committee (BC JAC) today announced a Statewide agitation - including hunger strikes and road blockades - demanding the immediate withdrawal of GO No 46.
The decision was taken at a meeting held at the Basheerbagh Press Club, where leaders urged the State government to make public the reports of the Sudarshan Reddy and Dedicated Commissions.
The JAC called on BC activists to peacefully lay siege to the houses of public representatives and intensify the movement until 42% BC reservation was achieved. It also demanded that the Chief Minister field BC candidates in general seats if he was truly sincere about BC issues.
Rajya Sabha MP and JAC chairman R Krishnaiah, addressing the gathering, alleged that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy had been cheating the BCs for two years in broad daylight, and accused the government of bringing GO No 46 to restrict BC reservation in local body polls to 22%. Questioning the urgency behind issuing GO 46, he claimed that "injustice was done to two-and-a-half crore BCs for just Rs 3,000 crore" while the government ignored land scams worth lakhs of crores.
He said that the BCs might have to pay a heavy price in their fight for justice. He also claimed that BCs across parties and associations had united to secure 42% reservation in Telangana, and that the same unity would make the fight easier.
Krishnaiah added that the court had not struck down GO No 9 and expressed confidence that the verdict would favour the BCs.
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