In a historic move, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Monday announced 42 per cent reservations for OBCs in education, employment, and political representation, fulfilling a long-standing demand from subaltern groups. Reddy declared that the OBC population in the state is 56.36 per cent based on rigorous scientific efforts.
Revanth Reddy has called upon the leaders of opposition parties to come together to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring amendments to the constitution, to enable the implementation of 42 percent reservations for Backward Classes (BC) in Telangana. Telangana Assembly passed The Telangana Backward Classes (reservation of seats in rural and urban local bodies) Bill, 2025.
The Telangana Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservations) 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, was also passed on a voice vote during Monday’s session.
“Telangana is proud to lead the social revolution in India. It is my honour to announce the longest pending demand of the subaltern groups since Indian Independence, the yearning of our brothers & sisters belonging to the Backward Castes, on being counted & recognised in an official census – has finally found deliverance” Revanth Reddy said.
Further, he added “Today, as the Leader of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, as Chief Minister I solemnly declare that based on the most scientific, methodically rigorous, and excruciating efforts of our people, we can say that the OBCs population in Telangana is 56.36 percent.”
“We are now resolving to ensure 42 percent reservations for this Group in all walks of life – education, jobs and employment & political representation.Be on the right side of history & let each one of us become a champion of this historic move,” he added.
During the discussion on BC reservations, BRS Karimnagar MLA Gangula Kamalakar spoke extensively on how the BC reservations were being successfully implemented in Tamil Nadu, and why the attempt of the Bihar government to do the same failed in 2024.
BC welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar urged the BRS not to raise suspicions over the survey and to have confidence in the commitment of the state government to implement 42 percent reservations for BCs in Telangana.
BRS leader T Harish Rao said that it was now the responsibility of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to push 100 Congress MPs to fight for achieving BC reservations in Telangana and across the country.