Reservation Protests Reach Delhi: CM to Lead Dharna at Jantar Mantar Today

Quick Summary

• Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is leading a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi demanding 42% reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) in local body elections, education, and employment.
• The protest comes after the Congress-led Telangana government conducted a Social, Economic, Educational, Employment and Political Caste Survey (SEEEPC) and passed reservation bills in the legislative Assembly. These bills await Central government approval.
• CM Revanth Reddy is joined by Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, TPCC President Mahesh Kumar Goud, several state officials, MLAs/MLCs as well as representatives from BC communities.
• National leaders like Rahul Gandhi are expected to attend alongside leaders from INDIA bloc parties including the Samajwadi Party (SP), DMK, Left parties, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP(SP).
• Congress alleges BJPS opposition to the BC reservation bills passed in Telangana is politically driven. They accuse BJP of derailing them using divisive tactics tied to religious politics.
• CM Reddy plans to stay in Delhi for three days; meetings with othre party leaders and an appointment request with the President of India have been made.

Indian Opinion Analysis

The large-scale dharna led by Telangana’s Chief Minister highlights increasing state-level campaigns advocating backward caste representation within educational institutions and employment sectors. At focus here are systemic disparities that calls like “Equal share for equal population” aim to address. The alliance between regional governance actions-such as surveys legitimizing policy needs-and broader national coalition support signals potential leveraging of social equity issues into mainstream political conversations.

While awaiting critical approvals from central authorities underscores Center-State dynamics driving federal discourses both divergence societal-economic Roles locally perceptions requiring-future immediate resolution.*