Telangana Government will implement 10% reservations for STs: KCR

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Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that Telangana Government would implement 10% reservations for Girijans on Sunday.KCR also announced that Government will implement Girijana Bandhu for landless ST community families soon at Telangana Adivasi Banjara Atmeeya Sabha at NTR Stadium here.

A GO will be released for implementation of 10% reservation for Girijans within a week, he said. He was fed up after repeatedly asking the Centre to approve the 10% quota for Girijans and asserted that a GO will be released on the enhanced reservations, irrespective of whether the Centre approves or not, he added.

Telangana CM KCR pointed out that Tamil Nadu Government is implementing 69% reservations and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi as to why they couldn’t provide the same to Telangana Government.

He promised to release the GO within five minutes if the President gives green signal. He elicited confidence that the President will approve since she is also Adivasi.       Government has identified lands to sanction to the girijans, who are doing podu farming and committees also formed, KCR said. As soon as reports submitted from villages, lands will be given to girijans and Rythu Bandhu will be implemented, he assured.

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