TRS promises 12% reservation to Muslims in separate Telangana

HYDERABAD: A Mulsim would be made the Deputy Chief Minister and 12 per cent reservations provided to the community after the formation of separate Telangana state, TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao said on Sunday.

"A Muslim will be the Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana and there will be four-five Muslim ministers. The community would also get 12 per cent reservation, which is their right," he said, addressing a group of Muslim leaders who joined the TRS.

Muslims remain backward in all spheres of life though all political parties talked big about their welfare, Rao said.

Telangana had true secular culture with majority Hindus and Muslims living in perfect harmony but communal riots were organised in Andhra Pradesh as part of power politics, he alleged.

"Telangana region, from the Quli Qutub Shah rule to the seventh Nizam, had a true secular culture. Even Mahatma Gandhi praised the way Hindus and Muslim live together here. That is the beauty and greatness of Telangana," he said.

Successive governments in Andhra Pradesh never provided adequate funds for Muslim welfare and lands belonging to Waqf board in Hyderabad have been encroached upon, the TRS president alleged.