Synopsis: The Telangana government has issued a GO raising Backward Class reservations in local body elections to 42 percent, surpassing the Supreme Court-mandated fifty percent cap on combined quotas for SCs, STs, and BCs. The decision, based on a socio-economic survey estimating the BC population at 55.3 percent, fulfils a key Congress election promise and enables long-delayed local body elections ahead of a High Court-mandated deadline.

The Revanth Reddy-led Congress government in Telangana has issued a Government Order (GO) raising reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) to 42 percent in local body elections, breaching the Supreme Court-mandated 50 percent cap on combined quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and BCs.

The GO, issued on Friday, 26 September, by the Backwar

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