Union Minister Bandhi Sanjay Kumar said on Saturday that the central government will not accept the Telangana government’s move to include Muslims in the backward classes. His comment is important because the Telangana government has recently announced a plan to pass a bill in the Legislative Assembly, which was asked to increase reservation for OBCs to 42 percent and send it to the Central Government for parliamentary approval. Is.
After this proposal is passed, the 50 percent limit on reservation will be crossed. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kumar told reporters here, ‘Our stand is very clear. The central government will not accept 10 percent of Muslims in the backward class category. We oppose religion based reservation. He said that if the state government sends Muslims from the backward caste list to the central government, then the BJP’s state unit leaders will try to convince the central leadership to pass it.
He said, ‘If Muslims are included in the category of backward castes, backward classes will suffer losses in jobs, reservation, educational opportunities, budget allocation and other fields. Muslims are already benefiting under the category of minorities and economically weaker sections (EWS).
