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Hyderabad: Sharing the common DNA of pariwarwad (dynasty rule), bhrashtachar (corruption) and tushtikaran (appeasement), the Congress and the incumbent Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will never allow a backward caste (BC) person to become the chief minister in Telangana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the poll-bound state Tuesday...
Speaking at a rally BC Atma Gourava (self-respect) Sabha at Hyderabads Lal Bahadur (LB) Shastri Stadium, Modi recalled the support and blessings he received from the people of Telangana in 2013 when he was the Gujarat CM..
He expressed the hope that the same support would be extended to a BC BJP leader aiming to become the next CM of Telangana in 2024...
But what explanation does the party or the PM have for the removal of Bandi Sanjay Kumar, a BC, from the Telangana BJP chief post ahead of polls? senior political analyst Bhandaru Srinivasa Rao said to ThePrint...
Modi said that his cabinet has 27 ministers from the OBC communities, BJP has 85 OBC MPs and that the party has the track record of placing leaders from SC, ST, BC and minority sections in top constitutional positions, citing the examples of President Droupadi Murmu, former presidents Ram Nath Kovind and A.P.J..
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