Five Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs were on Sunday suspended from the Telangana Assembly for protesting in the well of the House over the Muslim reservation bill, reported .
A bill seeking to increase the reservation to Scheduled Tribes and backward sections among Muslims was tabled in the Telangana Legislative Assembly in a special sitting on Sunday.
The state cabinet, which met here on Saturday, gave its nod to the bill. However, there was no official briefing on the cabinet meeting.
The bill was introduced in the Assembly as per the TRS’ election promise to make efforts to provide 12 per cent quota each for backward sections among Muslims and STs.
The state government would make efforts to realise the promise, though it required Centre’s nod, as it was part of Telangana Rashtra Samiti’s election manifesto, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had said earlier this week.
The state government would urge the Centre to take up the issue as the percentage of quotas would go beyond the 50 per cent cap, he had said.
