Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy called upon all political parties on Monday to urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to approve two distinct bills that aim to increase the reservation quota for backward classes to 42 percent in education, employment, and local body elections, both rural and urban.

The state Legislative Assembly passed the two bills today; however, they still require the Centre’s approval for implementation. In the meantime, dissident Congress MLC and backward class leader Teenmar Mallana has engaged with leaders from the BRS, BJP, and AIMIM concerning backward class reservations.

Mallana was suspended by Congress for incinerating the caste census report and making derogatory remarks about party leaders, claiming the data was manipulated to disadvantage backward classes.

The Assembly approved two significant bills: The Telangana Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions and Appointments in State Services) Bill, 2025, and The Telangana Backward Classes (Reservation of Seats in Rural and Urban Local Bodies) Bill, 2025. A third bill, the Telangana Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservations) Bill, 2025, was presented by state health minister Damodar Raja Narasimha to address sub-categorization within the Scheduled Castes reservation.

These two bills were introduced by BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy stated, “As the Leader of the House, I assure you that I will take proactive measures to secure 42 percent BC reservation. I urge leaders from all parties to unite and meet with the Prime Minister.”

His appeal echoed that of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha, who led a bipartisan delegation to Delhi in 1994 to ensure that the state reservation was increased to 69 percent and included in the IXth Schedule of the Constitution, thus protecting it from legal challenges.

Reddy urged Union ministers G Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay Kumar, as well as BJP Assembly floor leader Alleti Maheshwar Rao, to take the initiative in securing an appointment with the Prime Minister. He also mentioned that the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will be asked to raise the issue in Parliament, and entrusted PCC President Mahesh Goud to facilitate this communication.

The Chief Minister reassured the assembly that the caste census report was entirely accurate, pledging not to rest until the 42 percent reservation for backward classes, as promised in the Congress Party’s Kammareddy Declaration, is realized. Ponnam Prabhakar, who introduced these bills, asserted their intent to meet with leaders across all parties in Delhi to gather support.

It is noteworthy that a previous bill passed by the BRS government in 2017, which raised reservation quotas for backward classes to 37 percent and for Scheduled Tribes to 10 percent, was withdrawn while awaiting presidential assent. BRS leader T Harish Rao committed his party’s full backing for the dual bills aimed at increasing reservations for backward classes.