National Backward Classes Association’s State president Laka Vengala Rao Yadav and its national convener Y. Nageswara Rao Yadav on Friday asked all the parties to allocate 13 Lok Sabha seats and 90 Assembly seats for BC leaders in Andhra Pradesh in the ensuing elections alleging that their empowerment was completely ignored in the last 75 years. The association’s Ratha Yatra, which started in Ichchapuram on Thursday, entered Srikakulam on Friday after covering Palasa, Tekkali and Narasannapeta constituencies.
Addressing the public meeting at 7-Road Junction in Srikakulam, Mr. Vengala Rao said that people from 140 BC communities would reject parties which would fail to give more tickets to BCs proportionate to their population in the State.
