Telangana Cabinet Approves 42% Backward Classes Reservation in Local Body Polls

Telangana Cabinet Approves 42% Backward Classes Reservation in Local Body Polls

In a move aimed at empowering Backward Classes (BCs) and fulfilling a key poll promise, the Telangana Cabinet, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, on Thursday, approved a proposal to extend 42% reservation to BCs in local body elections.

Telangana Cabinet Approves 42% Reservation For Backward Classes In Local Bodies

The Cabinet also approved amendments to the Panchayati Raj Act, 2018, to legally accommodate the revised reservation scheme.

Telangana Cabinet clears 42 per cent quota for BCs in local body polls

To enable the issuance of the Ordinance, the Budget session of the Assembly was prorogued on Thursday.

Telangana Cabinet clears 42% quota for Backward Classes ahead of local body elections

The reservation percentage is based on empirical data from the caste survey conducted by the state government and submitted to the BC commission headed by Busani Venkateshwara Rao.

Telangana cabinet nod to conduct local body polls with 42 pc quota for BCs

Hyderabad: The Telangana cabinet has decided to go ahead with its plan to conduct the local body elections in the state by implementing 42 percent reservation for the Backward Classes (BC) in the local bodies. The cabinet has also decided to bring an ordinance to amend the 2018 legislation on reservations in the local bodies. The 19th state cabinet meeting, chaired by chief minister A Revanth Reddy, was held at Dr BR Ambedkar Telangana State Sec…