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Hyderabad: Telangana BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Saturday said the Congress government, led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, is committed to implementing 42 percent reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) in local body elections and beyond, stressing that the move will not affect the constitutionally mandated quotas of SCs and STs.

Addressing the media in Hyderabad, the Minister recalled that the government had conducted a comprehensive caste survey and, based on its findings, formed a sub-committee. The proposal to enhance BC reservations to 42 per cent was approved by the Cabinet, debated in the Legislature, and received support from all parties before being forwarded to the Governor and subsequently to

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