Secretary AICC and member of Rajya Sabha V Hanumanth Rao advised Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali to show his seriousness by giving 12 pc reservations to Muslims in the party and government to begin with. Addressing a press conference here at Gandhi Bhawan on Thursday he welcomed Mr. Mohammed Ali announcement that TRS government is bond to the promise of providing 12 pc reservations to Muslims. He asserted if TRS government is serious over reservations to minorities particularly Muslims then it should provide 12 pc reservations at administrative level in the party at first and also in boards and corporations, local institutions, municipal corporation, ZPTC etc. as courts will have no objection to it.
As per the Supreme Court ruling total reservations should not exceed 50 pc in any state hence the Congress government gave 4 pc reservations. He said.
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