Retired IAS Chiranjeevulu demands govt to allocate ₹50,000 crores to BCs in annual budget

The Chairman of the Telangana Intellectual Forum and retired IAS officer T. Chiranjeevulu on Sunday demanded  the Congress government to immediately issue a public apology for committing  a grave injustice against Backward Classes (BCs) in the state its  annual budget. He warned that, if the government failed  to do so, they would mobilise the  BCs across the state and teach the government a fitting lesson in the upcoming Assembly elections.

 Speaking as the chief guest at a seminar held on Sunday at the Bashir Bagh Press Club in the city  on the subject of "Severe Injustice to BCs in the Budget," he put forth these demands. He insisted on the establishment of a "BC Sub-Plan" for the Backward Classes similar to the plans currently in place for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). He  urged the state government to allocate at least ₹50,000 crores to the BCs in the current budget. He criticized the state government for giving  the BCs the cold shoulder regarding development initiatives, despite the fact that they constitute more than half of the state's population and dutifully pay all forms of taxes.

Speaking on the occasion, BC Political Front Chairman Balagoni Balraj Goud, conveners Vijay Kumar and Venkanna Goud expressed their outrage by accusing the state government of treating the BC community with disdain. They lashed out at both the BRS and Congress governments by pointing out that since the formation of the Telangana state, both administrations had consistently allocated meager funds to the BCs in their budgets. They condemned the governments for committing a grave injustice by failing to fully utilize even the limited funds that were allocated. BC community leaders Narayana, Srikanth, Kailash Yadav and others participated in the seminar.