Rao said the TRS would not like pleading with the Centre, and the BJP would not be in power after the next Lok Sabha elections.
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HYDERABAD — Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, speaking at an election rally at Dichpally on Monday, slammed BJP chief Amit Shah for his opposition to the TRS government’s proposal to increase reservation for Muslims in the state, reports PTI.
Earlier on Sunday BJP chief Amit Shah had rejected the TRS government’s proposal to give 12 per cent quota to Muslims, saying his party would not allow any religion based reservation.
Taking exception to Shah’s comments, Rao said the TRS would not like pleading with the Centre, and the BJP would not be in power after the next Lok Sabha elections.
“Nobody gives us if we beg someone. Either our reservation, rights of Muslims or rights of STs, …if they (quota and others) are to come, federal government should come in the country,” he said
“Yesterday, their president also came… He spoke wide and straight and left. They say they will not give. He spoke that we will not let Muslims get reservation… Amit Shah… You will not be in power. It is not you giving (something) and we taking it,” he said.
The Telangana legislature has passed a bill increasing reservation in jobs and education for backward sections of the Muslim community to 12 per cent from the earlier four per cent. The bill is yet to get the Centre’s nod.
(With inputs from PTI)
