Leader of Opposition in the Telangana Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir, in a press statement issued today, said that the Telangana government was once again making a mockery of reservations in jobs and education for Muslims and tribal people and deceiving the backward classes.
The Leader of Opposition castigated Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for his "recalcitrant and flippant approach" towards the issue of reservations for Muslim minorities and Tribals. Even after two years of being in power, the TRS government failed to take any sincere and positive steps to provide adequate reservations for Muslims and tribals in the education and job sectors to trigger their all-round social and economic growth. The promise of justifiable quota for Muslims and tribals was restricted to the election manifesto, he claimed.
He said that the Chief Minister made empty promises and all that the latter did was set up a few more committees - Sudhir (SC) and Chellappa (ST) - and complicate the process further.
He said that merely passing resolutions or forming committees would not help the cause of minorities or ease the hardships of the Muslims and tribals. "Any hasty step would endanger the existing 4% quota provided for Minorities in Telangana," he cautioned.
Shabbir Ali said that the CM ought to know that there were number of resolution passed in Assembly which were pending with the Union government including SC Vargikaran and political reservations to women.
He said the committees headed by Sudhir and Chellappa had been advised to suggest 9-12% quota for Muslims and 12% for Tribals, both of which could face legal and Constitutional hurdles. And hence the CM should not base his decisions on the suggestions of bureaucrats alone but should consult constitutional experts like Soli Sorabjee, K Parasran or R F Nariman before taking a final decision, he advised.