Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on April 13 asserted that the TDP’s claim to have uplifted the Backward Classes (BCs) was just a piece of rhetoric, which was partly evident from the allocation of many BC seats to candidates hailing from non-BC communities, including Nara Lokesh in Mangalagiri constituency, which was dominated by the BCs.
In contrast, the YSRCP allocated 50% of 175 Assembly and 20 Lok Sabha (total 200) seats to the SCs, STs, BCs and minorities, and announced a BC candidate for Kuppam constituency as well.
Addressing a meeting of the weavers’ community near Mangalagiri, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said the government tied up with e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, Myntra, and Flipkart to sell handlooms, and provided ₹460 crore for the development of handloom weavers.
