HYDERABAD: The BC leaders from the ruling Congress, including TPCC chief B Mahesh Kumar Goud and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, called on Governor Jishnu Dev Varma and expressed their gratitude to him for sending the Bills — pertaining to enhancement of BC reservations to 42% in education, employment, and politics — to President Droupadi Murmu for consideration.
Although the Governor has sent the Telangana Backward Classes (Reservation of Seats in Rural and Urban Local Bodies) Bill, 2025, and The Telangana Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions and of Appointments or Posts in the Services Under the State) Bill, 2025 on April 8, the Congress leaders chose to thank him only after the Centre took a decision to conduct caste census along with Census 2025.
Later speaking to the media, Ponnam Prabhakar said that Telangana under the leadership of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has become a role model to the nation in successfully conducting caste census, and making legislations, increasing BC reservations to 42%.
The minister said that they have thanked the governor as the latter sent the bills for consideration. He welcomed the Central government decision to conduct a caste survey along with the census. He demanded that the Central government accept the bills sent by the state government to enhance the BC reservations.
TPCC chief B Mahesh Kumar Goud said that the Congress government passed Bills in the state legislature to increase reservations to BCs as promised in Kamareddy Declaration.
The other Congress leaders who met the governor were Government Advisor K Keshava Rao, MP M Anil Kumar Yadav, former MPs Madhu Yaskhi Goud, V Hanumantha Rao, M Anjan Kumar Yadav, MLCs Baswaraj Saraiah, Dande Vital and Vijayashanti.
Bills sent on April 8
Although the Governor has sent the Bills on April 8, the Congress leaders chose to thank him only after the Centre took a decision to conduct caste census