Telangana Jagriti Chairman and BRS MLC Kalavantala Kavita has announced that it will go on a 72 -hour hunger strike demanding 42 percent reservation for backward classes (BCs) in local bodies, education and employment. This strike will be held on August 4 at Indira Park, Dharna Chowk from 11 am to 11 am on August 7.
Target on inaction of state government and center
Kavita said that the bills have been passed in the Legislative Assembly and the Council, but the Center did not approve. The state government had promised to send an all -party delegation, but no step has been taken so far. He lashed out at both Congress and BJP and questioned their intentions.
Demand for legal action and example of Tamil Nadu
He asked why the state government did not go to the court if the President did not approve. Why is the legal battle not being fought like the Tamil Nadu government? He demanded the filing of petition in the Supreme Court and High Court to pressurize the Center.
BJP and Chief Minister sharp allegations
Targeting the policies of the BJP, he said that the party does politics in the name of backward classes, but is hindering increasing reservation in Telangana. He also accused Chief Minister Revanth Reddy that he would not be pressurizing the Center so that his ‘elder brother’ Narendra Modi could be saved.
Historical memory of hunger strike
Kavita said that in the past, she had gone on a 72 -hour hunger strike for the Ambedkar statue in Andhra Pradesh, which led to the then government. He reiterated that she will again fight the same fight to convert the Backward Class Reservation Bill into reality.