‘Not a single train will move from Deccan to Delhi’: K Kavitha’s threat ahead of ‘rail roko’

“We won’t allow even a single train to move. Trains from Deccan to Delhi will be stopped. This is just a trailer. If the bill is not approved, we’ll go for an indefinite rail roko. The 2.5 crore BC population in Telangana will teach the BJP a lesson,” Kavitha said at a press conference at the Constitution Club in Delhi, organised by her NGO, Telangana Jagruthi.

She urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “who identifies himself as an OBC”, to “ensure justice for BCs by taking steps for Presidential approval to the Telangana BC reservation bills”. She said that the state’s bills should be included in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution, similar to Tamil Nadu, where the reservation cap has been increased to 69%.

Kavitha also accused the Congress national leadership of hoodwinking the Backward Classes. She alleged that the Congress-led government passed the BC reservation bill in the state assembly and sent it to the President “only to wash its hands off the matter”.

“Why is Rahul Gandhi, who goes around the country with a copy of the Constitution, not advising the Telangana government to issue a government order to implement the reservation?” she asked.

Kavitha said that both Congress and BJP have “repeatedly deceived the BC communities”. She accused eight BJP MPs elected from Telangana of remaining silent on the BC reservation.

Kavitha stressed that regional parties are more committed to public welfare and said, “Akhilesh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh, Naveen Patnaik in Odisha, and the late Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu are leaders who effectively ensured the welfare and progress of their people.”

She said that she would write to “all political parties seeking support for the implementation of BC reservations”.