"Jagan Reddy responsible for 16,000 Backward Class people losing their opportunities": Nara Lokesh

Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 5 (ANI): Addressing a huge crowd at Managalagiri at the Backward Classes (BC) Declaration public meeting, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) National General Secretary Nara Lokesh slammed incumbent chief minister Jagan Reddy for vehemently backstabbing the BC community in Andhra Pradesh without an ounce of remorse.
Speaking from the stage of the meeting, Lokesh said, "Psycho Jagan has backstabbed the BC community. Jagan reduced 10 per cent of reservations in the local bodies and he is responsible for 16,000 BCs losing their opportunities. YSRCP has taken back 8000 acres of assigned lands from the BC community."
Lokesh further added that the Jagan Reddy government killed 300 people belonging to Backward Caste communities and filed false cases against 26,000 BCs.
"Multiple cases have been filed against TDP BC leaders. I will take the responsibility of delivering justice to the officers whose names were written in the red book. YSRCP BC Cell President Jagna Krishnamurthy said that there is no justice for the BCs in the party, Kurnool MP Sanjay Kumar said that the voice of the BC community is being suppressed in YSRCP, Parthasarathi didn't get the appointment from Jagan Reddy," he said.
Lokesh also outlined five assurances including the construction of 20,000 houses, a separate corporation for Padmasalis in Mangalagiri, and the regularisation of the endowment lands.
The BC Declaration outlines a series of pledges to be undertaken by the TDP-JSP alliance once they voted to power. This includes the implementation of pensions for BCs from the age of 50 years, the formation of a social justice monitoring committee, a BC sub-plan with a yearly expenditure of 1.5 lakh crores, and conducting a legal Caste Census among others. (ANI)