INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kurnool: With the Telangana State implementing EWS reservation for forward communities, the Reddy Association has stepped up the demand for
its implementation in Andhra Pradesh also
OC JAC held a dharna near the collectorate here on Friday and performed a Milk Abhishek for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telangana Chief
Minister K Chandrashekara Rao.Joint action committee for OC (OCJAC) state president Birru Pratap Reddy sought immediate implementation of
the 10 per cent Economic Weaker Section (EWS) reservation in AP
After the protest dharna, the activists organised Palabhisekham at the flex of Prime Minister Modi, thanking him for having introduced this
He also demanded the setting up of a Reddy Corporation in the state.He warned the government of a hunger strike if the demand is not met
Hemalath Reddy, Reddy Sankshema Sangam state media cell convener T Pratap Reddy and others participated in the protest.Meanwhile, AP
Congress Committee working president Dr N
Tulasi Reddy requested the YSRC government to implement the EWS reservation
He wrote a letter to Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, saying unemployed youths among the upper castes not entitled now to reservation
facility are having difficulty getting jobs
Several state governments have already implemented it
The Telangana government was preparing to implement this
The AP government was implementing EWS reservations in schools but not in job placements, he said.Tulasireddy said the state government had
recently stated it would issue special orders for this purpose
as also in filling 12,589 vacancies in Secretariat and 971 vacancies in the medical sector
reservation on the lines of the 103rd Constitutional amendment.
