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Telangana Congress stages dharna over Prez delay
ET Bureau
Synopsis
Telangana ministers and Congress leaders protested at Jantar Mantar. They allege delay in presidential assent to the OBC reservation bill. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy claims the PM and Amit Shah are influencing the President. He says they are preventing meetings with Telangana representatives. Reddy vows to secure the reservation.
AgenciesTelangana ministers and state Congress leaders on Wednesday staged a dharna at Jantar Mantar here, alleging a delay in the President giving assent to the bill that the state assembly passed for enhancing OBC reservation in education institutions and local bodies.
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy told the media, “We want the President to clear the bills regarding these issues. We had sought an appointment with the President, but have not been given one. I think PM Modi and Amit Shah are pressuring the President not to give appointments to people from Telangana. Now, we all MLAs, MPs and people from rural areas have come to Delhi. We are pro-OBC, Rahul Gandhi is pro-OBC, but Narendra Modi is anti-OBC. We will see how to get this reservation. If Modi accepts it, then it’s good, else we will defeat him and make Rahul Gandhi the PM and get 42% OBC reservation.”