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KCR Going Back On 12% Quota For Muslims?

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao, who had, during his pre-election meetings, made the tall promise of providing 12 per cent reservations to Muslims in education and employment, seems to be conveniently ignoring the promise.

According to Deputy CLP leader in Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir, the TRS government was conspiring to avoiding giving 12% reservation to Muslims in Telangana State, as was evident from the budget presented on Wednesday.

Shabbir Ali said the TRS Government had deliberately mentioned in the budget speech that minorities constitute nearly 11% of the total population in the State. This figure is completely wrong as according to 2001 Census, the minorities constitute about 12.4% of the total population. This is not typographical error, but part of a larger conspiracy to stop Muslim reservation.

“During election speeches, KCR and other TRS leaders claimed that Muslims constituted nearly 14-15% of the total population. However, in the State's first budget speech, the TRS Government not only skipped the mention of 12% Muslim reservation, but quoted minorities' population as nearly 11%. This would create legal hurdles and this budget speech would be referred in the court challenging 12% reservation for a community which constitutes just 11% of the total population,” he pointed out.

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