About 13 Backward Classes organisations and 30 BC communities associations have demanded that the State government conduct local bodies elections to posts like sarpanch, MPTC and ZPTC members only after enhancing the BC quota for them.
At a meeting held here on Friday, Rajya Sabha member and president of the National BC Welfare Association R. Krishnaiah asked the Congress government to enhance the reservation for BCs from the existing 20% to 42% as promised by the ruling party in its election manifesto before holding the local bodies’ polls. The meeting was attended by Lalkrishna, G. Krishna, N. Venkatesh, Danakarna Chary, V. Ramakrishna, Akhil Goud, Praneetha, Shivamma among others.
Stating that the government had announced that it would hold elections to local bodies in June-end, he suggested it to hold the elections only after taking up caste census as it had already taken the decision to take up caste census. But, the process for caste census was yet to begin and once taken up it would take at least two months for completion.
