Uncertainty over ordinance on BC quota a worry for Congress leaders

THE cadre and second-rung leaders of the ruling Congress are eagerly waiting for local body elections amid uncertainty over whether the ordinance, pending with the governor, will be promulgated or not.

- IREDDY SRINIVAS REDDY @Hyderabad

If the ordinance is issued, the amendment to the Panchayat Raj Act, 2018, will come into force, empowering the state to hike BC reservations to 42 per cent from the present 23 per cent.

Meanwhile, the leaders are also grappling with serious financial strain as they have to prevent their cadre from being poached by rival parties.

The Telangana High Court has mandated that the elections to the local bodies — ZPTCs, MPTCs and panchayats — should be completed by September 30.