Former MP and senior Congress leader Ponnam Prabhakar said that Backward Classes (BCs) would get priority in political appointments and education under the Congress, as these sections were totally neglected by the ruling BRS.
Mr. Prabhakar, who is also the head of the BC Declaration Committee of the Telangana Congress, told the media on Wednesday after the Declaration Committee meeting that it insisted on giving fair representation to BC communities in Assembly tickets. The party has already taken note of it and the meeting also discussed this at length.
Mr. Prabhakar said that the BC population in Telangana was huge but the BRS government had systematically destroyed their confidence rather than uplifting them politically and educationally. He said the BRS government had reduced the BC Corporation to just an office without providing any funds in the last 9 years.
