Akbar seeks concise report of survey
Owaisi pointed out that the previous BRS government had not placed its Samagra Sakutumba Survey (SKS) report either in the Cabinet or the Assembly and hence it had no sanctity.
Hyderabad: AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi sought tabling of the caste census report in the Assembly instead of a statement, so that the House could debate it. “Otherwise. what are we going to discuss,” he asked.
Speaking in the Assembly during a debate on the caste census, Owaisi said: Failure to table the report would leave scope for someone to question its sanctity. “I believe in constructive criticism. BCs who have been wronged for long should get justice,” he said, adding “only those who championed their cause have benefited so far.”
He pointed out that the previous BRS government had not placed its Samagra Sakutumba Survey (SKS) report either in the Cabinet or the Assembly and hence it had no sanctity.
He said that the BRS government had spent only Rs 417 crore of the Rs 6,000 crore allocated to the BC community. “Funds that are left unspent should be carried forward and not diverted.” He also demanded that the BC community should get their 42 per cent quota in contracts also.
On the issue of including BC Muslims in the reserved category, “Reservations were given to Muslims on the basis of social backwardness and not religion. The fee dues of BC, SC, ST and minority students kept pending for three years should be released forthwith. The ceiling of 50 per cent cap on reservations has no constitutional sanctity and BCs should get 50 per cent reservation.”
He said that elections to gram panchayats, MPTCs, ZPTCs and municipal corporations need not be held simultaneously and can be staggered as their tenure did not end at the same time.