Hyderabad: PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of obstructing efforts by a delegation from Telangana to secure an appointment with President Droupadi Murmu, said Telangana CM Revanth Reddy.

We had sought an appointment with the President 10 days ago. After our request, both the Modi and the Amit Shah met her. We do not know what was discussed during that meeting, he added.

Speaking to the media persons in New Delhi, Revanth Reddy said that our Ministers, Konda Surekha, D Sridhar Babu and Ponnam Prabhakar, and TPCC President B Mahesh Kumar Goud believe that the PM, the Amit Shah, and the Union Government have deliberately prevented us from getting an appointment.

The delegation had been waiting for two days to meet the President but was yet to receive confirmation. This is nothing but an insult to the people of Telangana, he said. The BJP and BRS obstructing with anti-BC stand with collusion and of betraying BCs in the State, he alleged. He described the stance of BRS’s playing the role of Shikhandi while declaring that the Congress would not allow the BJP to cross 150 seats in the next Lok Sabha elections.

Urging the Union Government to approve the bills ensuring 42% reservation for BCs, the Congress would decide its course of action after a meeting of the PAC, he stated. We will discuss legal strategies and protest plans in the PAC meeting. After consulting senior leaders, we will determine how to implement 42% reservation for BCs, he added.

Revanth reiterated that BJP will fight under Narendra Modi’s leadership, and we fight under Rahul Gandhi’s. I repeat, BJP will not cross 150 seats. Modi introduced the 75-year age limit to sideline leaders like LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi. Atal Bihari Vajpayee attempted to remove Modi but failed. Mohan Bhagwat is trying, but he is also not succeeding. Under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership, we will remove Narendra Modi from the prime minister’s chair.

He pointed out that Abdul Sattar, a Muslim, secured an OBC reservation in the 2017 UPSC recruitment. He also noted that sub-castes such as Noor Basha and Dudekula have been availing of BC reservations since 1971 in several states, including BJP-ruled Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.

Modi himself, in an interview, said that not only had he enhanced reservations but also extended BC reservations to Muslims in Gujarat. Reservations are determined based on social and economic backwardness, not religion, he cited.