Telangana BJP dismisses Congress protest in Delhi as ‘political stunt’

The Telangana BJP has dismissed the Congress party’s dharna over BC quota in New Delhi as a “political stunt” that failed to attract public support or endorsement of senior Congress leaders, including national president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.

Union Ministers G. Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay Kumar, along with BJP State president N. Ramchander Rao, chief spokesperson N.V. Subash, and other leaders, issued separate statements questioning the absence of top Congress leadership, and calling the ‘much-publicised’ protest a “damp squib”.

The BJP accused the ruling party of betraying BCs by allocating 10% of the promised 42% quota to Muslims, alleging it was a move driven by “appeasement politics”. The leaders also criticised Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling them “petty politics”. They questioned why the CM had not given greater representation to BCs in his Cabinet or offered the CM post to a BC leader.

Mr. Kishan Reddy asserted that it was the Congress party’s responsibility to fulfill its promise of providing quota to BCs, and warned that shifting the blame to BJP would not be tolerated.

Mr. Sanjay Kumar alleged that the protest was aimed at securing quota for Muslims rather than BCs.

Mr. Ramchander Rao accused the Congress of insincerity in implementing the BC quota and said that the party was making baseless allegations against the Modi government to deflect attention from its own failures. He added that BJP is willing to cooperate with Congress if it commits to granting the full 42% quota to BCs only. Mr. Subash described the protest in the national capital as a “poorly-executed political gimmick”.