Telangana Congress To Protest In Delhi Over Stalled BC Quota Bills; CM To Lead Delegation To President

In a renewed push for social justice legislation, the Telangana Congress is set to launch a three-day protest in New Delhi starting 5 August, urging the Union government to grant Presidential assent to key Bills enhancing Backward Class (BC) reservations, The New Indian Express reported.

To underline the scale of the agitation, the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has arranged a special train from Charlapalli railway station to Delhi, scheduled to depart at 9 am Monday. Thousands of party workers are expected to board the train alongside TPCC president B Mahesh Kumar Goud and AICC Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan.

The protest will temporarily pause the ongoing Janahita Padayatra , a state-wide campaign led by Goud and Natarajan to garner public support for expanding BC rights. The padayatra will resume following their return from the capital.

The protest will culminate with a high-level delegation of Telangana Cabinet members, led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, meeting President Droupadi Murmu to formally request approval for the pending legislation. A recent Cabinet resolution underlined the state's commitment to implementing the measures.

The two Bills in question are the Telangana BC, SC, ST Reservation in Education and Employment Bill, 2025, and the Telangana BC Reservation in Local Bodies Bill, 2025, were passed by the Assembly in March. Both were forwarded to the President after the Governor referred them for consideration.

The government has also proposed an ordinance to amend the Panchayat Raj Act, 2018, removing the 50 per cent quota cap to enable 42 per cent BC reservations in local bodies.

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