Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena Party (JSP) president Pawan Kalyan released the 10-point ‘BC (Backward Classes) Declaration’ at the ‘Jai Ho BC’ programme held near Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) in Guntur on March 5 (Tuesday).
Giving details about the points mentioned in the declaration, Mr. Naidu said that the BCs would get pension from the age of 50 years and the amount would be increased to ₹4,000 per beneficiary. “A dedicated BC Protection Act would be enacted, apart from protecting the rights by constituting a social justice inquiry committee. A fund of ₹1.5 lakh crore would be spent on the BC Sub-plan in five years,” he said and accused the YSRCP government of diverting ₹75,000 crore from the BC Sub-Plan Fund.
He further said that the YSRCP government had reduced the BC reservations in local body elections from 34% to 24%, resulting in 16,800 BCs losing the chance of becoming elected representatives. “The TDP-JSP combine, if voted to power, will ensure 34% reservations for the BCs in local body elections. A resolution will also be passed and sent to the Central government, seeking 34% reservations for BCs in the legislatures and 34% of the nominated posts will also be given to these communities. Co-option membership will be given to those who cannot contest elections due to insufficient population in their sub-caste,” he said.
