Telangana Congress leader Ali Masqati said that the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) has no moral right to seek votes from the minorities after “neglecting their welfare in the last nine years, including failure to fulfil the promise of 12% reservation”.
In a statement here, Mr. Ali Masqati, who recently joined the Congress, said that the BRS has cheated Muslims on the promise of 12% reservation, judicial powers to the Wakf Board, restoration of encroached Wakf properties and other assurances. He also alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has crushed Muslim leadership within the BRS and across Telangana by systematically reducing their representation.
“People still remember how a Muslim Deputy CM was denied entry into the Pragati Bhavan and sent away from the main gate,” he said in support of his claim that there is no self respect for any Muslim leader. “In the last nine years, KCR has not conducted a single meeting with Muslim leaders of his party on their plight. And more importance was given to MIM leaders than Muslim leaders of BRS,” he said.
“In 2014, the Telangana Legislative Council had six minority MLCs belonging to different parties. But, now their number has been reduced to half. With a single Muslim MLC (Home Minister Mahmood Ali), KCR has completely neglected Muslims in MLC nominations,” he argued.
