BJP Telangana President and Union Minister G Krishan Reddy said that they will remove minority reservations and extend the benefit to members of the Backward Classes (BC) communities if voted to power in the state, according to a statement from the Telangana BJP.

“The party has decided that reservations of 4% based on religion will be removed and reservations based on SC, ST, and OBC will increase… Under the EBC reservation, minorities such as Muslims, Christians, and other social groups will also be included after the BJP comes into power,” he added.

Referring to the recent announcement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Reddy said that announcing the BC candidate as the Chief Minister is a “revolution that has been taking place” in Telangana.

“For several decades, agitations took place demanding a BC should be made Chief Minister. But all those governments have cheated the public. Now the BJP has come to realise their dreams. For the first time after getting freedom, the BJP has made a BC Narendra Modi a Prime Minister. He has been extending a corruption-free rule in the country with utmost commitment. There is a huge response from the public over the announcement made by the BJP that BC will be made a Chief Minister. Several BC organisations are passing resolutions in support of the BJP,” Reddy said.

“While 50 seats were reserved for BCs in Hyderabad, 37 seats are being taken away by AIMIM. BCs are being taken for a ride in the name of minority reservations. In the first cabinet meeting, we will cancel the minority reservations after coming to power,” the BJP leader added.

“BJP has the history of making world-renowned scientist APJ Abdul Kalam, from a minority community, the President of India. We made Ram Nath Kovind, a leader from Dalits, as President of India, and now Droupadi Murmu, from the tribal community, as President of India. We have a commitment to implement what we say,” Reddy said.