Congress blames CM for delay in quota bill

Congress leaders Shabbir Ali and Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy on Tueday blamed Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for the undue delay in getting favourable approval from the Centre on increasing reservation for Muslim minority and Scheduled Tribes in the state.

Addressing a press meet at the Congress Legislature Party office here, the Congress leaders said the TRS government has let down the people of Telangana once again as the highly publicised Bills of 12 per cent quota for Muslims and 10 per cent for STs have been returned by the Government of India.

Congress leaders urged the Chief Minister to clarify on media reports of return of these Bills of the District Congress Committees would not contest the elections, in keeping with the directions issued by the AICC.

He criticised the Chief Minister for completely surrendering to the Centre and not raising his voice when Telangana was given a raw deal in passed by Assembly on April 16, 2017. Shabbir Ali demanded that Mr Rao declare his action plan on this issue and asked why the CM is scared of PM Narendra Modi when he is not even an NDA partner.

“Let KCR come out openly against the Centre’s wrongdoings to Telangana and ask his MPs to stall Parliament proceedings. If he wants the support of Congress, then it will extend full support in the fight against Modi,” Shabbir Ali said.

He asked the Chief Minister as to why he is silent now? “He had earlier said that he would stage a dharna at Jantar Mantar and go to the Supreme Court,” Ali quipped. the Union Budget. He said the Rajya Sabha had passed the historic bifurcation bill exactly four years ago, but the Chief Minister had failed to put pressure on the Central government to implement the promises made to the state at the time of bifurcation.

Congress leaders said the TRS government has let down the people of Telangana