Hyderabad to host AICC OBC advisory council meeting in October

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president B. Mahesh Kumar Goud said that Hyderabad will host the next meeting of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) OBC Advisory Council in October.

Addressing the Council’s ongoing session in Bengaluru on Wednesday, chaired by Karnataka Chief Minister and OBC Advisory Council Chairman Siddaramaiah, Mr. Mahesh Kumar said Telangana has emerged as a model State in implementing Backward Classes (BC) reservations in line with the vision of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Recalling the BC Declaration meeting held in Kamareddy ahead of the Assembly elections, the TPCC chief said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was the chief guest at the event, while he himself had proposed the declaration as the then TPCC working president.

He added that after the Congress came to power in Telangana, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy extended full support to the BC reservation efforts, despite belonging to an upper-caste background.

He stated that the Telangana Assembly had passed two BC-related Bills, including one providing for 42% reservations for BCs in local bodies. “We are going to implement the reservations in the local body elections after the Governor approves the ordinance,” he said. Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar, Konda Surekha and Vakiti Srihari were present at the meeting.