Published Nov 11, 2026 | 6:26 PM ⚊ Updated Nov 11, 2026 | 6:26 PM
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.
Synopsis: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy challenged the BJP to scrap minority reservations in Gujarat before targeting the 4 percent quota in Telangana, and accused the BRS of moving closer to the saffron party. Speaking at an event in Hyderabad to mark National Education Day and Minorities Welfare Day, he defended the quota’s contribution to minority representation in public employment and criticised the BRS for failing to fulfil its promise of a 12 percent reservation for Muslims.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, 11 November, challenged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to withdraw minority reservations in Gujarat before eyeing the 4 percent quota in Telangana. He also accused the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) of drifting towards the saffron camp.
He was speaking at an event in Hyderabad to mark National Education Day and Minorities Welfare Day, both observed on the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, independent India’s first education minister.
Revanth recalled that BJP leaders had declared at a public meeting in Chevella that Muslim reservations would be scrapped, and challenged them to start with Gujarat. He described the party’s national leaders as tourists who drop in and move on.
He said the quota had helped minority youth secure Group 1 and Group 2 posts and police jobs, while producing thousands of doctors and engineers over the past two decades. He said the Congress had given the poor and minorities the right to vote, while the BJP wanted those votes taken away.
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Revanth said the 12 percent quota promised to Muslims by the BRS remained unfulfilled even after 12 years. He quipped that the BRS’s car, on driving into Delhi, emerged as Modi’s lotus, and questioned the party’s record in Parliament. He asserted that only the Congress had the strength to stand up to the BJP.
Paying tribute to Azad, Revanth said Jawaharlal Nehru had prioritised education and irrigation, while Azad had framed the country’s education policy and laid the foundation for the IITs and ITIs. He added that the latter had since been upgraded by the state into Advanced Technology Centres (ATCs).
Telling parents that education alone could change their children’s lives, he assured them that he would stand by them as a brother.
With AI threatening software jobs, Revanth said blue-collar work could not be handed over to machines and that those who developed the necessary skills would not lack opportunities. He cited the Young India Skills University and the sports university as steps in that direction, and urged parents to encourage their children to take up sports, citing boxer Nikhat Zareen and cricketer Mohammed Siraj as examples.
(Edited by Dese Gowda with inputs from Sreshta Ladegaam)
