Hyderabad, August 02: Terming granting of four per cent reservation to Muslim minorities in Andhra Pradesh as a landmark decision, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today expressed his resolve to fight “vested interests” which opposed it.
With a view to uplifting Muslim minorities, the Congress government extended four per cent reservation in education and employment besides fee reimbursement, Reddy said.
“We are taking every needful step to ensure that their (minorities) backwardness is adjusted properly. We are successfully fighting for their reservation despite opposition from some vested interests,” he said at a function which marked the release of a book ‘Muraqqa-e-Chughtai’ by Vice- President Hamid Ansari.
Reddy said about 7.70 lakh minority students were getting minority scholarships besides fee reimbursement to the tune of Rs 220 crore.
-Agencies