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By Express New Service 03 Nov 2008 01:36:00 PM IST Quota must be raised to 54 pc: Krishnaiah RAJAHMUNDRY: BC Welfare Association president R Krishnaiah has appealed to the BCs to work with unity and co-ordination to achive their demands. Participating in the BC Welfare meeting organised by the district unit of the association here today, he said BCs had succeeded in fee reimbursement in professional colleges. He underlined the need for 50 percent of political reservations along with reservations in the private sector to BCs. The Government should amend the Constitution for giving promotion to BCs. He said .BC reservations should be increased to 54 percent as the government included 480 new castes in the list. A BC committee should be constituted to supervise the welfare and development schemes of BCs. MLA Routhu Suryaprakasa Rao advised the BCs to remain united. Lack of education was a drawback to the BCs in olden days and now BCs were marching ahead in education. The Congress Govenment was considering the demands of BCs and fulfilling them. Noted textile trader Tummidi Ram Kumar said Reddy community had ruled the State for 32 years, Kamma community for 16 years, Brahmin and Velama communities for five years each and SC for the rest of the period since independence. Though BCs constituted 80 percent of the population, they had no opportunity to rule the State, he said. He appealed to the BCs to work with unity. BC leader G Surya Rao presided. West Godavari District Zilla Parishad chairman K V Nageswara Rao, Bommana Raj Kumar, Kolla Achyuta Rama Rao, B Sita Ratnam, N K Rao and hundreds of BC community members were present.
