Former Minister, Mohammed Ali Shabbir called upon Muslims to boycott the Iftar to be hosted by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to protest against the threat to the continuance of 4% Muslim reservation due to the demand for changes to the Constitution.
Mr. Shabbir Ali said that the 4% quota in jobs and education for poor Muslims under the BC-E category introduced by the previous Congress regime in 2004, was under serious threat with the CM calling for changes to the Indian Constitution. “TRS promised to increase Muslim reservations but failed to do so. Are you confining Muslims’ betterment to Iftar parties,” he asked the CM.
Earlier, he released a poster on the selection of 1,073 Muslim candidates for the MBBS course for the Academic Year 2021-22 in the presence of Hyderabad City Congress Committee (HCCC) Minorities' Dept Chairman Sameer Waliullah, TPCC Spokesperson Syed Nizamuddin and Mateen Shareef.
The Congress leader informed that 1, 071 MBBS seats in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh went to poor Muslims, 678 in Telangana and 395 in AP, categorised as BC-E by the previous Congress Government. They include 164 seats in 10 Govt Colleges, 109 in 19 Private Colleges and 800 seats in six Minority Colleges. "Congress also sanctioned 6 Minority Medical Colleges from 2004-2014," he said.
He said the Muslim community should realise that on an average, nearly 800 to 1000 poor Muslims have become doctors every year since 2004-05 and the total number was over 15,000.
Mr. Sameer Waliullah said the Congress party plans to reach out to the beneficiaries of the 4% reservation and extend whatever assistance they need in terms of study material or other financial needs.
Mr. Shabbir Ali also alleged that KCR weakened minority educational institutions by stopping Fee Reimbursement funds and scholarships leading to the closure of 75% of engineering colleges. The CM also removed the representation of Muslims from important institutions like the Universities and then the Telangana State Public Service Commission.
