Former Minister, Mohammed Ali Shabbir accused both the TRS government in Telangana and the BJP government at the Centre of misleading the people on the issue of increasing the quota for Scheduled Tribes in the State.
Addressing a press conference here, he condemned the statement of Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Bishweswar Tudu for stating that the Centre did not receive any proposal for enhancement of ST reservations in the State.
He said that the Telangana Assembly and Council unanimously passed a Bill for enhancing the ST quota from existing 6% to 10% on April 16, 2016. Another Bill to enhance the Muslim quota from 4% to 12% was also passed on the same day.