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Spotlight: BCs not to accept Chiru as leader
Hyderabad: If megastar Chiranjeevi has any plans to float a political party, he should not count on the support of backward caste communities. It was amply clear on Saturday when a huge gathering of OBCs unanimously stated that they would not accept a non-BC as their leader.
The message sent out loud and clear at the meeting was that there was a scope for an axis of BCs, SCs, STs and minorities. The gathering, consisting of MLAs, university professors, community representatives, legal experts and student leaders, was organised by the joint action committee of the all BC communities in the state.
The speakers were unanimous in their view that after Reddys and Kammas, Kapus were in the race for power.
“BCs should ideally align only with the oppressed sections of society. We can share power with them but not with the non-BC sections. As long as we don’t go along with SCs, status quo will not change,” justice (retd) B S A Swamy opined.
“We don’t accept any leader from the 20 per cent population that upper castes constitute. Kapus are not BCs. But as a separate party, we may align with him (Chiranjeevi) in the future,” said prof S Simhadri of Osmania University and cofounder of the ‘Forum for Empowerment of Weaker Sections’.
Endorsing the views of Simhadri, Murali Mohan, a professor from Kakatiya University, Warangal, said an attempt was being made to deflect the political awareness among the BCs in the form of Chiranjeevis, KA Pauls and S Ramachandra Raos.
“All the upper caste elements now want to lead the BCs. We should not fall prey to the designs of these forces,” he cautioned.
In an oblique reference to Chirajneevi, the meeting, presided by former Congress MP T Bala Goud, was almost unanimous in its opposition to the idea of joining any party led by a non-BC leader.
TRS MLA Etela Rajender said a committed BC leadership alone would help the poorer sections of the society. Former MLA Desini China Mallaiah also advocated the leadership from within and reservations on the basis of size of the population.
Some leaders urged BC political leaders not to take a unilateral decision in support of one leader or the other and in announcing new political parties on their own.
Others who spoke on the occasion included BJP state president Bandaru Dattatreya, Prof K Srinivasulu, Osmania University, prof Kesava Rao Jadav and U Sambasivarao of the joint action committee of BCs.
Hyderabad: If megastar Chiranjeevi has any plans to float a political party, he should not count on the support of backward caste communities. It was amply clear on Saturday when a huge gathering of OBCs unanimously stated that they would not accept a non-BC as their leader.
The message sent out loud and clear at the meeting was that there was a scope for an axis of BCs, SCs, STs and minorities. The gathering, consisting of MLAs, university professors, community representatives, legal experts and student leaders, was organised by the joint action committee of the all BC communities in the state.
The speakers were unanimous in their view that after Reddys and Kammas, Kapus were in the race for power.
“BCs should ideally align only with the oppressed sections of society. We can share power with them but not with the non-BC sections. As long as we don’t go along with SCs, status quo will not change,” justice (retd) B S A Swamy opined.
“We don’t accept any leader from the 20 per cent population that upper castes constitute. Kapus are not BCs. But as a separate party, we may align with him (Chiranjeevi) in the future,” said prof S Simhadri of Osmania University and cofounder of the ‘Forum for Empowerment of Weaker Sections’.
Endorsing the views of Simhadri, Murali Mohan, a professor from Kakatiya University, Warangal, said an attempt was being made to deflect the political awareness among the BCs in the form of Chiranjeevis, KA Pauls and S Ramachandra Raos.
“All the upper caste elements now want to lead the BCs. We should not fall prey to the designs of these forces,” he cautioned.
In an oblique reference to Chirajneevi, the meeting, presided by former Congress MP T Bala Goud, was almost unanimous in its opposition to the idea of joining any party led by a non-BC leader.
TRS MLA Etela Rajender said a committed BC leadership alone would help the poorer sections of the society. Former MLA Desini China Mallaiah also advocated the leadership from within and reservations on the basis of size of the population.
Some leaders urged BC political leaders not to take a unilateral decision in support of one leader or the other and in announcing new political parties on their own.
Others who spoke on the occasion included BJP state president Bandaru Dattatreya, Prof K Srinivasulu, Osmania University, prof Kesava Rao Jadav and U Sambasivarao of the joint action committee of BCs.
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