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Kavitha defends support to proposed ordinance for 42 per cent BC quota

IANS | July 17, 2025 01:42 PM

HYDERABAD: Defending her support to the proposed ordinance for 42 per cent reservation for backward classes in local body elections, Telangana Jagruthi president and BRS MLC K. Kavitha on Thursday said that her party leaders will have to fall in line with her on the issue.

Kavitha told media persons that she extended support to the state government's decision to bring the ordinance after consultation with legal experts.

Kavitha, the daughter of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), has welcomed the decision of the Congress government to bring the ordinance for increasing the BC quota to 42 per cent.

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