State president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and NE Region Development G. Kishan Reddy has stated that the party is committed to the Scheduled Tribes (ST) reservation to Lambada community as a large section of it is till languishing in poverty and they need upliftment.
Speaking at a meeting organised in the party’s State headquarters here to admit leaders of other parties from Peddapalli Lok Sabha Constituency on Monday, he responded to a statement made by party MP from Adilabad Soyam Bapu Rao recently that he (Bapu Rao) would fight until the Lambada community was removed from the ST reservation list. Mr. Reddy said the party would protect the existing reservation to Lambadas as they need quota.
He, however, stated that there was a need to increase the ST quota in Telangana in proportion to the communities’ population in the State. Mr. Kishan Reddy said he would enquire about the MP’s statement and on what basis he had made it. The Union Minister distanced the party from Mr. Bapu Rao’s statement and said it was his “personal view”.
