Telangana: BRS MLC Kavitha seeks BC leaders support for proposed rail roko protest on July 17

United News of India

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Hyderabad, June 22 (UNI) Telangana Jagruthi president and BRS MLC, K Kavitha, on Sunday sought BC Welfare Association national president and Rajya Sabha MP R Krishnaiah for the proposed 'rail roko' protest scheduled on July 17.
Kavitha, the daughter of BRS Chief and former CM KCR, who met Krishnaiah at his residence in Vidya Nagar here, requested his support for the ' Rail Roko' agitation, which aims to pressure the Central government to secure Presidential Assent for the bills granting 42 percent reservations for BCs in local body elections which passed by the Telangana Assembly earlier.
Speaking to reporters on the occasion, MLC Kavitha lauded R Krishnaiah for leading numerous democratic and social movements.
She stated that they have been fighting vigorously for two years to implement the Kamareddy BC Declaration given by the Congress party.
She criticized the ruling Congress government, stating that despite the possibility of providing 42 per cent reservations through a GO under Article 243(D) of the Constitution, the government is not doing so and is instead shifting the blame entirely onto the President, planning to go into elections without providing reservations.
She accused the Congress government of limiting its love for BCs to words and not showing it in actions. She expressed the need to collectively confront this anti-people policy, especially with leaks suggesting that the cabinet meeting might decide on local body elections.
She explained that public movements appear to be the only way to pressure both central and state governments, hence the "Rail Roko" initiative. She declared, "Oar Ek Dhakka... BC Bill Pakka..."
R Krishnaiah stated that MLC Kavitha is standing by the BCs and leading a movement, and he called upon all BCs to participate widely and support MLC Kavitha's movement.
He praised Kavitha's struggle for the BCs, who have been subjected to injustice for generations.
He remarked, "For whom is MLC Kavitha doing this movement? Isn't it for us? Therefore, we all need to support MLC Kavitha's movement. If we don't take up this movement, we have no future."
He alleged that the state government is diverting public attention by rejecting the fact that the Constitution grants the state government the authority to determine the percentage of reservations in local bodies.
He demanded that a GO be issued if there is genuine commitment to provide 42 percent reservations. He warned that holding elections without providing reservations would be a historic betrayal of the BCs.
He unequivocally stated that if reservations are not increased, the BCs will not let go of the government.
He warned that elections must be held only after providing 42 percent reservations for BCs, otherwise, there would be a "war" in the state.
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