The Telangana Government would pass a resolution in the Assembly for enhancing reservations for backward sections in the State as per their population, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said today.
The resolution would be then sent to Parliament for its approval, he said.
Citing the example of enhancement of quota as per population in Tamil Nadu, he said a similar thing should happen in Telangana as well.
Parliament had also accepted the increase in reservations in Tamil Nadu and included it in Ninth Schedule (of Constitution which provides immunity against judicial review in a matter), he said.
"We will make the Centre agree and increase reservations," he said.
Rao made the remarks during an interaction with the members of the newly-constituted Backward Classes Commission in Telangana, a release from his office said.
Noting that the State Government's aim is to make BPL sections of society rise above the poverty line, he said the Commission should study the issue and make appropriate recommendations for the purpose.
The Chief Minister also said his Government is committed to provide quota for Muslims without hurting the interests of those castes which are in the BC list.
In run up to the 2014 Assembly polls, the TRS had promised 12 per cent reservation for Muslims and Scheduled Tribes. After coming to power, the TRS Government set up two Commissions to study the issue.
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Rao, who insisted he was Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu,
said his replacement, Girija Vaidyanathan "perhaps is made in-charge."
He said he was not aware if the Tax authorities or CRPF had obtained permission from the state government to raid his chamber at the state Secretariat.
"They should have called the Home Secretary, who is the custodian of police. Public Department (a portfolio held by Panneerselvam) is the custodian of various government offices. Did they get the Chief Minister's permission to enter my room?," he asked.
"The (Union) Home Minister could have just informed the Chief Minister" in this regard so that he could be shifted out of his post to allow searches at his premises, Rao said.
"If Madam (Jayalalithaa) had been alive would this have happened... For 75 days I was protecting madam," he said in an apparent reference to her hospitalisation before she passed away on December 5.
He said the manner in which he handled her funeral and later Cyclone Vardah was "evidence" of his "efficiency".
"What they wanted to do is attack the office of the Chief Secretary. People should know there is no security," he said.
Rao, who repeatedly took the name of Jayalalithaa, said he had been trained by her, not just in the recent past, but since 1991 when he was Collector of then Chengalpet.
"I follow the footsteps of Madam. I followed whatever she said. In the absence of Madam, there is no security," in the state, he alleged.
He said he would "continue to serve the people.
