*Chandrababu’s SC move on 34% BC Quota is political drama to cheat BCs again: Venugopalakrishna*

Rajamundry, Oct 5: YSRCP East Godavari district president and former minister Chelluboina Venugopalakrishna today said Chandrababu Naidu’s decision to approach the Supreme Court on 34% BC reservations is pure political theatre designed to deceive Backward Classes once more. Speaking to media at the party camp office in Rajahmundry, he pointed out that the Indra Sawhney judgment requires comprehensive data and a BC Commission report for any reservation beyond 50%. He asked why a dedicated commission was constituted and its report never made public.
Had the government handed over the previous regime’s caste census figures to the commission, legal justification for the 34% quota could have been built. Instead, the coalition chose to implement reservations only through a GO, fully aware that such an order cannot withstand judicial scrutiny. Venugopalakrishna demanded why the government is not enacting a proper law, securing Parliament’s approval and placing it in the Ninth Schedule—the same route used to push Amaravati legislation through the Centre.
He charged that the post-High Court announcement of moving the Supreme Court is a calculated strategy timed for local body elections. With Pawan Kalyan’s support, Chandrababu is projecting that BCs are no longer needed. Venugopalakrishna urged BC communities and youth not to be taken for granted and called for permanent statutory protection instead of fragile GOs that collapse in court.